Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous mixture of alkaloids extracted from sabadilla seeds and used as an insecticide and formerly as a counterirritant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alkaloid, or a mixture of alkaloids, derived from several species of Veratrum and from cevadilla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root of hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also
veratria , andveratrina .
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- noun A
poisonous mixture ofalkaloids (veratridines ) obtained from the seeds of thesabadilla plant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He cited documents in which it is inferred that Padre Pio asked a pharmacist for carbolic acid and veratrine but he did not explain that on the basis of other documents, it is quite clear what Padre Pio used these things for.
Archive 2008-05-11 papabear 2008
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Ptomaines are, for the most part, alkaloids generated during the process of putrefaction, and they closely resemble many of the vegetable alkaloids -- veratrine, morphine, and codeine, for example -- not only in chemical characters, but in physiological properties.
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The colchiceæ, from which is obtained veratrine, form an exception among the monocotyledons.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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Oculist said weakness was the disease, and rest the remedy – oculist recommended veratrine ointment, frequent refreshing of eyes with wet cloth, cleared his throat every minute, and was an old humbug.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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But it makes all the difference in the world in this case what was the source of the veratrine.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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For instance, there is the veratrine that may be derived from the sabadilla seeds which grow in the West Indies and Mexico.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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If it were veratrine derived from death camas it would point toward Page.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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It is the pure alkaloid, or rather one of them, that we have to deal with here -- veratrine.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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It was sent by the same person who stole in Barrios's office and shot him with an asphyxiating pistol which discharged a fatal quantity of pure veratrine full at him.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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In connection with this it is interesting to note that the effect of veratrine poison on muscle is somewhat similar.
Response in the Living and Non-Living Jagadis Chandra Bose 1897
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