Definitions
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- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid resembingphysostigmine and occurring with it in theCalabar bean .
Etymologies
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Calabar + -ine
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Examples
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= -- The bean of _Physostigma venenosum_ contains the alkaloid physostigmine or eserine, with the antagonistic alkaloid calabarine.
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