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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to veratrine or the genus Veratrum

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.
  • adjective (Chem.) an acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore (Veratrum album), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic acid.

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  • adjective organic chemistry Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.

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