superbine

English

Noun

superbine

1. A toxic alkaloid found in Gloriosa superba.
   • 1964, Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice:

     Gloriosa superba: spectacularly beautiful climbing lily. Roots, stalks, leaves contain an acrid narcotic, superbine, as well as colchicine and choline. Three grains of colchicine are fatal. Hawaii.

   • 1996, David W. Nellis, Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 207:

     Other publications report the presence of a toxic compound, superbine, which is experimentally lethal to a cat in a dose as small as 0.01 g (0.00036 oz).