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seneciphylline (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).
    • 2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects[1], page 320:
      Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.