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Aconite
noun · 78% connection
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poison…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Anemonic
adjective · 78% connection
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Anemonin
noun · 78% connection
An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Atropine
noun · 78% connection
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also admi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Bear's-foot
noun · 78% connection
A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emeti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Belladonna
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Cocaine
noun · 78% connection
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
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, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Cotarnine
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Delphinine
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Dogbane
noun · 78% connection
any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Emetine
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Garlic
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
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, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Glaucine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Harmine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
Hellebore
noun · 78% connection
Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poisonous, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.
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, alkaloid, obtained, root, hellebore.