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ver·a·trine  audio  (vr-trn, -trn) KEY 

NOUN:
A poisonous mixture of colorless crystalline alkaloids extracted from sabadilla seeds and formerly used medicinally as a counterirritant.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Vrtrum, hellebore genus (from Latin vrtrum, hellebore) + -ine2


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