vincetoxin

1 definition found

vincetoxin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vincetoxin \Vin`ce*tox"in\, n. (Chem.)
     A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort
     (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family)
     as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also
     asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
     [1913 Webster]