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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veratrine  \Ve*ra"trine\  (?;  277),  n.  [Cf.  F.  v['e]ratrine.  See 
  {Veratrum}.]  (Chem.) 
  A  poisonous  alkaloid  obtained  from  the  root  hellebore 
  ({Veratrum})  and  from  sabadilla  seeds  as  a  white  crystalline 
  powder,  having  an  acrid,  burning  taste.  It  is  sometimes  used 
  externally,  as  in  ointments,  in  the  local  treatment  of 
  neuralgia  and  rheumatism.  Called  also  {veratria},  and 
  {veratrina}. 

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