jervine

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jervine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jervine \Jer"vine\, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the
     poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.)
     A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it
     in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also
     jervina.
     [1913 Webster]