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Definition of: echinopsine
(ek′ə·nop′sēn, -sin) noun
An alkaloid, C10H9ON, obtained from the globe thistle (genus Echinops) and similar in action to strychnine. [<NL Echinops, genus of the globe thistle + -INE]
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