Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strophanthin

1 sense of strophanthin

Sense 1
strophanthin -- (a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison)
       => glycoside -- (a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides)