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Definition of: berberine
(bûr′bər·ēn, -in) noun
A yellow crystalline bitter alkaloid, C20H19O5N, contained in the bark of the barberry and some other plants: it is used in medicine as a tonic. Also ber′ber·in (-in). [<LL berberis barberry]
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