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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline poisonous alkaloid, C28H43O5N (?), contained in the bark of Erythrophleum Guineense: a local anesthetic and heart-poison. It is used by the natives of the west coast of Africa as an arrow-poison.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A white crystalline alkaloid extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum guineense).

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