helleborein

[hel-uh-bawr-ee-in, -bohr-]

hel·le·bo·re·in

[hel-uh-bawr-ee-in, -bohr-]
noun
a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C37H56O18, obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.

Origin:
1870–75; hellebore + -in2
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Helleborein has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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