BEBEERINE; BEBIRINE

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]


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