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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 , formerlyMenispermum Cocculus ) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called alsomenispermina .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid distinct frompicrotoxin 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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