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Wrightine
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wrightine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wrightine.html. 1828.