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Definition of: tephrosin
(tə·frō′sin) noun Chem.
A white crystalline compound, C23H22O7, extracted from the leaves of a leguminous plant (Tephrosia vogeli), from derris, and cube: used as a fish poison. [<NL <Gk. tephros ash-colored <tephra ashes]
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