ouabain
nounA white poisonous glycoside, C29H44O12, extracted from the seeds of several African trees of the genera Strophanthus and Acokanthera, that is used as a dart poison in some parts of Africa.
nounA glucoside which exists in the root and wood of ouabaio (wabaio), Acokanthera ouabaio, from which is prepared the arrow-poison of the Somalis of the east coast of Africa.
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