(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:15:55

Ver"no*nin (?), n. Chem.

A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic.

 

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