n :  a bitter crystalline very poisonous alkaloid C₁₁H₁₄N₂O found in many plants of the family Leguminosae and formerly used as a cathartic and diuretic - called also sophorine  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  cy·to·sine  cy·to·zo·on 
 
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