santonin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'santonin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Santonin

[ n.]

- A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

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