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Webster 1913 Edition


Picrotoxin

Picˊro-tox′in

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] bitter +
tox
ic +
-in
.]
(Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.

Webster 1828 Edition


Picrotoxin

PICROTOX'IN

,
Noun.
[Gr. bitter, and L. toxicum.] The bitter and poisonous principle of the Cocculus Indicus.