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santonin definition

san·to·nin (san′tə nin)

noun

a colorless, poisonous, crystalline compound, CHO, obtained from certain species of wormwood and formerly used in medicine as a vermifuge

Etymology: Fr santonine < ModL santonica: see santonica

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