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Webster 1913 Edition

(kŏn-vălˊlȧ-mā′rĭn)

Noun.

[

Convallaria

+ L.

amarus

bitter.]

(Chem.)

A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (

Convallaria Majalis

). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.