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veratrine

(ver′ə trēn′, -trin)

noun

a poisonous mixture of colorless, crystalline alkaloids obtained from sabadilla seeds
veratridine

Origin: ModL veratrina < L veratrum, hellebore, prob. orig. “plant which reveals truth” < verus, true (see very): the pulverized root causes sneezing, regarded in primitive belief as confirmation of truth

Also veratria

See veratrine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A poisonous mixture of colorless crystalline alkaloids extracted from sabadilla seeds and formerly used medicinally as a counterirritant.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Vērātrum, hellebore genus (from Latin vērātrum, hellebore)

Origin: + -ine²

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