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Meaning of WRIGHTINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wright"ine\, n. (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 diarrh[oe]a. Called also {conessine}, and
{neriine}.
 
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