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Webster 1913 Edition
Ophelic
O-phel′ic
,Adj.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (
Ophelia
) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic. ☞ The most important divisions are: the
Solenoglypha
, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the Proteroglypha
, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the Asinea
, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the Opoterodonta
, or Epanodonta
, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.