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jervine
CIDE DICTIONARY
jervine, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the poison of the veratrum.].
A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album ); -- called also jervina . [1913 Webster]
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