Ecboline

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

  Ecboline \Ec"bo*line\ (?; 104), n. [Gr. 'ekbolh` a throwing out;
     'ek out + ba`llein to throw.] (Chem.)
     An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so
     named from its power of producing abortion.
     [1913 Webster]