verine

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A yellow, amorphous compound, C₂₈H₄₅O_SN, prepared by the action of alcoholic sodium hydroxid on veratridine. It melts at 130° C., and closely resembles cevin, with which it may be identical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun organic chemistry An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.