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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veratrine  \Ve*ra"trine\  (?;  277),  n.  [Cf.  F.  v['e]ratrine.  See 
  {Veratrum}.]  (Chem.) 
  A  poisonous  alkaloid  obtained  from  the  root  hellebore 
  ({Veratrum})  and  from  sabadilla  seeds  as  a  white  crystalline 
  powder,  having  an  acrid,  burning  taste.  It  is  sometimes  used 
  externally,  as  in  ointments,  in  the  local  treatment  of 
  neuralgia  and  rheumatism.  Called  also  {veratria},  and 
  {veratrina}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veratrum  \Ve*ra"trum\,  n.  [L.  veratrum  hellebore.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  coarse  liliaceous  herbs  having  very  poisonous 
  qualities. 
 
  Note:  Veratrum  album  of  Europe,  and  Veratrum  viride  of 
  America,  are  both  called  hellebore.  They  grow  in  wet 
  land,  have  large  elliptical,  plicate  leaves  in  three 
  vertical  ranks,  and  bear  panicles  of  greenish  flowers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Veratrum 
  n  :  a  genus  of  coarse  poisonous  perennial  herbs;  sometimes 
  placed  in  subfamily  Melanthiaceae  [syn:  {Veratrum},  {genus 
  Veratrum}] 

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