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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name once given to a mixture of substances obtained from senna.
  • noun A bitter substance found in buckthorn berries, Rhamnus cathartica.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.

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  • noun organic chemistry The bitter purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid.

Etymologies

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carthartic +‎ -in?

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