The meaning of Santoninic and additional information.

Santonin(n.) 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.

Santoninate(n.) A salt of santoninic acid.

Santoninic(a.) Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.