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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CANTHARIDIN

n.That peculiar substance existing in the Meloe vesicatorius, or cantharides, which causes vesication.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANTHARIDIN

CANTHARIDIN Can *thar "i *din, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.