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alkaloid

al.ka.loid \'al-k*-.lo.id\ \.al-k*-'lo.id-*l\ n often attrib  : any of 
   numerous usu. colorless, complex, and bitter organic bases contai ning 
   nitrogen and usu. oxygen that occur esp. in seed plants - al.ka.loi.dal aj