physostigmine - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'physostigmine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Physostigmine

[ n.]

- An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.

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phycite phycochrome phycocyanin phycocyanine phycoerythrin phycoerythrine phycography phycology phycomater phycophaeine

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