Chem. [f. VERATR-UM + -IA1.] = VERATRINE.
1821. Ure, Dict. Chem., Veratria, a new vegetable alkali, discovered lately [in July 1819] by MM. Pelletier and Caventou, in the … cevadilla, the … white hellebore, and the … meadow saffron.
1843. Penny Cycl., XXVI. 251/1. Veratria is a white or greenish-white powder, which has a silky and crystalline appearance under the microscope.
1865. Daily Tel., 20 Oct., 2/2. An alkaloid known as veratria or white hellebore.
1876. Harley, Royle’s Mat. Med., 388. lt … does not excite sneezing like the closely allied substance veratria.
