'jervina' definitions:

Definition of 'jervina'

From: GCIDE

Jervine \Jer"vine\, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina. [1913 Webster]