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berberine definition

ber·ber·ine (bʉr′bər ēn′, -in′)

noun

a bitter, yellow alkaloid, CHNO·6HO or CHNO·6HO, obtained from barberry and other plants: it is used as a dye and as a drug in treating malaria, fever, or skin ulcers

Etymology: < ModL berberina < ML barberis, barberry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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