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menispermine
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menispermine, n. [Cf. F. ménispermine.].
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus , formerly Menispermum Cocculus ) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina . [1913 Webster]
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