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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An alkaloid extracted from the shells of the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus. It is tasteless and medicinally inert. See Cocculus.

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

  • noun (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina.

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  • noun organic chemistry An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta cocculus, formerly Menispermum cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder.

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Compare French ménispermine.

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