Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bitter substance, probably impure digitalin, obtained from the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
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Tremendous tonnages of bleach were involved in the manufacture of chlor-picrin and for use as an antidote against mustard gas on the front.
The riddle of the Rhine, chemical strategy in peace and war ... 1921
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