HELLEBOREIN


Meaning of HELLEBOREIN in English

/hel'euh bawr"ee in, -bohr"-/ , n.

a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.

[ 1870-75; HELLEBORE + -IN 2 ]

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