'Eserine' definitions:
Definition of 'Eserine'
From: GCIDE
- Eserine \Es"er*ine\ (?; 104), n. [From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. ['e]s['e]rine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'eserine'
From: GCIDE
- Physostigmine \Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical. [1913 Webster]