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helleborein
[ hel-uh-bawr-ee-in, -bohr- ]
noun
, Chemistry, Pharmacology.
- a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores of the genus Helleborus, especially the Christmas rose, and formerly used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
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