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la·nat·o·side

n :  any of three poisonous crystalline cardiac steroid glycosides occurring in the leaves of a foxglove (Digitalis lanata)  a  :  the glycoside C49H76O19 yielding digitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis - called also digilanid A , lanatoside A   b  :  the glycoside C49H76O20 yielding gitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis - called also digilanid B , lanatoside B   c  :  the bitter glycoside C49H76O20 yielding digoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis and used similarly to digitalis - called also digilanid C , lanatoside C  .
 
 

 
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