menispermum cocculus

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menispermum cocculus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Menispermine \Men`i*sper"mine\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]nispermine.]
     (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.
     [1913 Webster]