veratrian.
/vəˈreɪtrɪə/ Chemistry.
= veratrine n.
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1821 A. Ure Dict. Chem. Veratria, a new vegetable alkali, discovered lately [in July, 1819] by MM. Pelletier and Caventou, in the..cevadilla, the..white hellebore, and the..meadow saffron.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 251/1 Veratria is a white or greenish-white powder, which has a silky and crystalline appearance under the microscope.
1865 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 2/2 An alkaloid known as veratria or white hellebore.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 388 It..does not excite sneezing like the closely allied substance veratria.
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