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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless, crystalline, very bitter, poisonous glucoside, C13-H20O5, contained in the leaves of Urechites suberecta, a West Indian plant belonging to the dogbane family.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

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  • noun chemistry A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin.

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