San"to*nin (?), n. [L. herba
santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of
Aquitania; cf. Gr. &?;: cf. F. santonine.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted
from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It
occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to
appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
San"to*nin (?), n. [L. herba
santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of
Aquitania; cf. Gr. &?;: cf. F. santonine.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted
from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It
occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to
appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
