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NALT Full

Preferred term

Schoenocaulon

Type

Organism

Definition

A tropical lily plant whose seeds produce an insecticide known as sabadilla (veratrine alkaloid).
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Melanthiaceae

Narrower concepts

Schoenocaulon officinale

Synonyms

sabadilla (plant)

Has taxonomic rank

genus

In other languages

Schoenocaulon

Spanish
sabadilla (plant)

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/50114

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