n. A tasteless golden-colored compound, C20H22O5, contained in the husk of the fruit of Garcinia mangostana from India. It crystallizes in thin plates melting at 190° C.
Word Usage
"To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), "Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me.""