coronillin

noun

cor·​o·​nil·​lin

-nilə̇n

plural -s

: a poisonous yellow glucoside from seeds of plants of the genus Coronilla that affects the heart like digitalis

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary coronill- (from New Latin Coronilla) + -in

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