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Webster 1913 Edition

Menispermine

Menˊi-sper′mine

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
ménispermine
.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of
Anamirta Cocculus
, formerly
Menispermum Cocculus
) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; – called also
menispermina
.

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