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hydrastine Definition

hy·dras·tine (hī dras′tēn′, -tin)

noun

a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, CHNO, extracted from the rootstock of the goldenseal

Etymology: ModL Hydrastis, name of the genus of herbs (< Gr hydōr, water) + -ine

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