Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eserine

Eserine (?; 104) , noun

[From native name of the Calabar bean: compare French ésérine.]

(Chemistry) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.