Vocabulary : Valentine to Valeridine

Valentine : A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day. ;; A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentinian : One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
Valeramide : The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Valerate : A salt of valeric acid.
Valerian : Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Valerianaceous : Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.
Valerianate : A valerate.
Valerianic : Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
Valeric : Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
Valeridine : A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.

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