Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline glucoside having poisonous properties, found in black hellebore.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also
elleborin .
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- noun chemistry A
poisonous glucoside found in several species ofhellebore .
Etymologies
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hellebore + -in
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This root contains a chemical glucoside -- "helleborin," which, if given in full doses, stimulates the kidneys to such an excess that their function becomes temporarily paralyzed.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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