delphinine

[ del-fuh-neen, -nin ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a bitter, poisonous, crystalline alkaloid, C33H45NO9, obtained from various species of larkspur, especially Delphinium staphisagria.

Origin of delphinine

1
First recorded in 1820–30; delphin(ium) + -ine2

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