Delphinine


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Del´phi`nine


n.1.(Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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