lupulin

[ loo-pyuh-lin ]

/ ˈlu pyə lɪn /

the glandular hairs of the hop, Humulus lupulus, formerly used in medicine as a sedative.

Origin of lupulin

1820–30; < New Latin lupul(us) (diminutive of Latin lupus the hop plant; see -ule) + -in²

Finding this far better, I asked Mr. Phillips if he could not prepare for me lupulin, or the anodyne of hops.

Memoirs |Charles Godfrey Leland
The lupulin sold to brewers is largely adulterated with quassia.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
The hop extract (lupulin and hop resin) is in much smaller amount.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
The base of the scales of the strobile are covered with a yellowish powder, consisting of resin-bearing glands, known as lupulin.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 5 [May 1901] |Various

lupulin

/ (ˈluːpjʊlɪn) /

a resinous powder extracted from the female flowers of the hop plant and used as a sedative

C19: from New Latin lupulus, diminutive of lupus the hop plant