Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toxic glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the seeds of certain plants of the genus Strophanthus, especially S. kombé, formerly used as a cardiac stimulant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An active poisonous principle, said to be neither an alkaloid nor a glucoside, found in the seeds of Strophanthus hispidus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of several
poisonous cardiac glycosides obtained from various African plants
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Strophanthus, genus name (Greek strophos, twisted cord; see strop + Greek anthos, flower) + –in.]
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