Delphinine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
     (Chem.)
     A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
     ({Delphinium staphisagria}), as a colorless amorphous powder.
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