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An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
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An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.
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An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.
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An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.
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An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.
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An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
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An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
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An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
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An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.
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An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.
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