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veratridine definition

ve·rat·ri·dine (və rat′rə dēn′, -din)

noun

an irritating, poisonous amorphous alkaloid, CHNO, found in sabadilla seeds

Etymology: < L veratrum, hellebore (see veratrine) + -id(e) + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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