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Definition: Sabadilla
Sabadilla
\Sab`a*dil"la\ (s[a^]b`[.a]*d[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp.
cebadilla.] (Bot.)
A Mexican liliaceous plant (
Sch[oe]nocaulon officinale);
also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was
formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
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