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Webster 1913 Edition
Solanine
Sol′a-nine
,Noun.
[L.
solanum
nightshade.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (
Solanum nigrum
), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; – called also solonia
, and solanina
.