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Webster 1913 Edition

(här′mĭn or -mēn)

Noun.

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(Chem.)

An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the

Peganum harmala

), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.

harmine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural harmines)

(organic chemistry) A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants.