conessine
English
Etymology
conessi + -ine, after the name of a tree.
Noun
conessine (usually uncountable, plural conessines)
- A steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.
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