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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Chem.)

A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (

Cytisus scoparius

, formerly

Spartium scoparium

), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.

sparteine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sparteines)

(organic chemistry) A toxic tetracyclic alkaloid obtained from both the broom and lupin plants

sparteine f