VERATRUM
\vˈɛɹatɹəm], \vˈɛɹatɹəm], \v_ˈɛ_ɹ_a_t_ɹ_ə_m]\
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A genus of coarse plants of the lily family with poisonous roots that contain many alkaloids and are used as emetics, parasiticides, antihypertensives, and other drugs. The specific chemicals isolated from Veratrum viride or V. album are VERATRUM ALKALOIDS.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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False hellebore; a genus of the Veratreae, which are a tribe of the Liliaceae.
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Of the U. S. Ph., the rhizome of V. album and of V. viride. The chemistry of V. album and of F. viride has been the subject of dispute, but they contain practically the same constituents, the most important being protoveratrin, jervin, rubijervin, and pseudojervin, probably traces of cevadin or crystalline veratrin, being also present. V. album and V. viride are also known as white and green hellebore respectively, but are quite distinct from black hellebore, which belongs to an entirely different group. See Helleborus.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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