helleborin
/he-leb-uh-rin, hel-uh-bawr-in, -bohr-/US // hɛˈlɛb ə rɪn, ˈhɛl əˌbɔr ɪn, -ˌboʊr- //
鹤望兰,鹤顶红,螺旋桨
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C28H36O6, obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
Examples
By boiling with zinc chloride, helleborin splits up into sugar and a resin—helleboresin.
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