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- noun A once supposed
substance causing the bitterness and purgativeness of the dried leaves or pods ofsenna plants.
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Chemically the active principle of the Buckthorn is "rhamno-cathartine."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
sionnach commented on the word cathartine
like a buzzard; see also buteonine, pyrrhuloxine
January 12, 2008