/wah bah"in/ , n. Pharm.
a glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C 29 H 44 O 12 , obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant. Also called G-strophanthin .
[ 1890-95 ouaba ( ïo ) ( waabayyo arrow poison) + -IN 2 ]