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| sco·pol·a·mine [ skə póllə mn, skə pólləmən ] |
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poisonous plant extract: a colorless thick liquid poisonous alkaloid found in some plants of the nightshade family and used as a truth serum, to prevent motion sickness, and as a sedative. C17H21NO4
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Scopolia japonica, the Japanese belladonna, after G. A. Scopoli (1723-1788), Italian naturalist] |
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