helleborin: Meaning and Definition of

hel•leb•o•rin

Pronunciation: (he-leb'u-rin, hel'u-bôr"in, -bōr"-), [key]
— n.
  1. a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, CHO, obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
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