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noun
Any of several poisonous cardiac glycosides obtained from various African plants
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: glycoside
History
Strophanthus + -in
