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- noun (Chem.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (
Wrightia antidysenterica ), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrhœa. Called alsoconessine , andneriine .
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- noun organic chemistry A rare
alkaloid found in thebark of an East Indianapocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica).
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Wrightia + -ine
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