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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alkaloid \Al"ka*loid\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), n. (Chem.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals. Note: Alkaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many of the active principles in plants; thus morphine and narcotine are alkaloids found in opium. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alkaloid \Al"ka*loid\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), Alkaloidal \Al`ka*loid"al\ ([a^]l`k[.a]*loid"al), a. [Alkali + -oid: cf F. alcalo["i]de.] Pertaining to resembling, or containing, alkali. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alkaloid n : natural nitrogen-containing bases found in plants
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