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sabadilla |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sabadilla \Sab`a*dil"la\ (s[a^]b`[.a]*d[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. cebadilla.] (Bot.) A Mexican liliaceous plant ({Sch[oe]nocaulon officinale}); also its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
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