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Definition of Bebeerine

Bebeerine
Bebeerine Be*bee"rine, or Bebirine Be*bi"rine (b[-e]*b[=e]"r[i^]n or -r[=e]n), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodi[oe]i). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]
bebeerine
Buxine Bux"ine, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.

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- 2015-10-31. — (1835). "On the Bebeeru Tree of British Guiana and Sulphate of Bebeerine, the former a substitute for Cinchona, the latter for Sulphate of Quinine"...