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lycorine

noun ly·co·rine \ˈlī-kə-ˌrīn, li-ˈkōr-ən\

Medical Definition of LYCORINE

:  a poisonous crystalline alkaloid C16H17NO4 found in the bulbs of the common daffodil and several other plants of the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae)

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