Santonin \San"to*nin\, n. [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant,
   fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. ?: cf. F.
   santonine.] (Chem.)
   A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste,
   extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an
   anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color
   blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a
   yellow glass.
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