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(n.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root 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, and veratrina.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Veratrine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/veratrine.html. 1828.
 
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