'Veratric acid' definitions:
Definition of 'Veratric acid'
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- Veratric \Ve*ra"tric\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum. [1913 Webster]
- Veratric acid (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum album}), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic acid. [1913 Webster]