veratridine

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ve⋅rat⋅ri⋅dine

[vuh-ra-tri-deen, -din]

–noun Chemistry.

a yellowish-white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C₃₆H₅₁NO₁₁, occurring with veratrine in the seeds of the sabadilla.

Origin:
1905–10; < L vērātr(um) hellebore + -id ³ + -ine ²

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ve·rat·ri·dine (və-rāt'rĭ-dēn')

n. A yellowish-white, amorphous powdered alkaloid, C₃₆H₅₁NO₁₁, obtained from sabadilla seeds and from the rhizome of hellebore.

[veratr(ine) + -id(e) + -ine².]

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Main Entry: ve·rat·ri·dine
Pronunciation: v&-'ra-tr&-"dEn
Function: noun
: a poisonous amorphous alkaloidC₃₆H₅₁NO₁₁ occurring especially in sabadilla seeds

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