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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline poisonous alkaloid, C28H43O5N (?), contained in the bark of Erythrophleum Guineense: a local anesthetic and heart-poison. It is used by the natives of the west coast of Africa as an arrow-poison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (
Erythrophleum Guineense ).
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- noun organic chemistry A white
crystalline alkaloid extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum guineense).
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