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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Chem.)

An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (

Gelsemium sempervirens

), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; – called also

gelsemia

gelsemine ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens.