sabadilla

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sabadillan. [Sp. cebadilla.].
     A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schœnocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sabadilla, n.
1 a Mexican plant, Schoenocaulon officinale, with seeds yielding veratrine.
2 a preparation of these seeds, used in medicine and agriculture.

Etymology
Sp. cebadilla dimin. of cebada barley

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