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Webster 1913 Edition
Veratrine
Ve-ra′trine
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
vératrine
. See Veratrum
.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root of hellebore (
Veratrum
) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria
, and veratrina
.