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helleborein

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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 + -in 2
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