SUCCIN
\səksˈɪn], \səksˈɪn], \s_ə_k_s_ˈɪ_n]\
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suk'sin, n. amber.--n. SUC'CINATE, a salt of succinic acid.--adj. SUCCIN'IC, of, relating to, or drawn from amber.--n. SUC'CINITE, amber.--adj. SUC'CINOUS, pertaining to amber.--SUCCINIC ACID, a natural constituent of amber, pine-resins, leaves of lettuce, and wormwood, &c. [L. succinum, amber.]
By Thomas Davidson