Category:Santonin

San"to*nin, n. Etym: [l. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of aquitania; cf. Gr. santonine.] (chem.)

Defn: 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.