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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spar•te•ine (spär′tē ēn′, -in),USA pronunciation n. - Drugs, Plant Biologya bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, esp. Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- Greek spárt(os) kind of broom + Neo-Latin -ium -ium) + -ine1
- Neo-Latin Sparti(um) name of a genus of broom (
- irregularly 1850–55
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