delphisine

delphisine
ˈdelphisine Chem.
[f. delphine, delphinine, by insertion of -is- repr. Gr. ἴσ-ος equal.]
An alkaloid akin to delphinoidine, obtained from the same source, in warty crystals. Also called Delphisia.
in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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