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harmin

harmin is the alternative form of harmine.

Meaning of harmine

Noun

harmine (countable and uncountable, plural harmines)

  1. A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants.
    • Harmine is a drug that stimulates the brain and produces strange visual hallucinations[.]1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111

Questions about harmin

What is harmin the alternative form of?
Harmin is the alternative form of harmine.

Words near harmin in the dictionary

  1. harmfulness
  2. harmfulnesses
  3. Harmi
  4. harmika
  5. harmikas
  6. harmin
  7. Harminder
  8. harmine
  9. harmines
  10. harming
  11. harming a fly

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