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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 wrightine
 康里新

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wright·ine n. Chem. A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrhœa. Called also conessine, and neriine.
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