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Definition of: sabadilla
(sab′ə·dil′ə) noun
1. The acrid seeds of a Mexican and Central American bulbous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale), used as a source of veratrine, and formerly as an anthelmintic.
2. The plant. Also spelled cebadilla, cevadilla. [<Sp. cebadilla, dim. of cebada barley]
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