Jervina

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

  Jervine \Jer"vine\, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the
     poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.)
     A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it
     in white hellebore ({Veratrum album}); -- called also
     {jervina}.
     [1913 Webster]