SABADILLA

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Sab′a‐dil″la (săb′ȧ‐dĭl″lȧ), n. [[Sp. cebadilla.]] (Bot.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schœnocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.