gelsemine

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gelsemine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gelsemine \Gel"se*mine\, n. (Chem.)
     An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens
     ), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance;
     -- called also gelsemia.
     [1913 Webster]