Chem. [mod.L., f. L. viridis VIRID a. Cf. VIRIDINE 3.] A vegetable alkaloid obtained from the rootstock of Veratrum viride, an American variety of white hellebore; jervine.
1874. Garrod & Baxter, Mat. Med., 383. The researches of Dr. H. C. Wood have led him to conclude that Viridia and Veratroidea both exert a depressant influence on the heart.
