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veratric, a.

Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum. [1913 Webster]

Veratric acid (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore (Veratrum album), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic acid.

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