lycorine

lycorine
ly·co·rine 'lī-kə-.rīn, li-'kōr-ən n 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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lyco·rine (likґo-rin) a toxic crystalline alkaloid found in the bulbs of species of Lycoris and Narcissus; it causes vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, and sometimes death in animals that eat the bulbs. Called also narcissine.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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