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Physostigmine

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(n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; - formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Physostigmine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/physostigmine.html. 1828.
 
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