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Barberry
noun · 78% connection
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Bark
verb · 78% connection
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Bruisewort
noun · 78% connection
A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Castile soap
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Cinchona
noun · 78% connection
The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Conine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Convallamarin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Convolvulin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Ericolin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Fraxin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Ginseng
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Glycyrrhizin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Helleborein
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Helleborin
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling tast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Hesperidin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Hyoscyamine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Inulin
noun · 78% connection
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
Ipecacuanha
noun · 78% connection
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medici…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, glucoside, found, many, plants.
