Ve*ra"tric (?), a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus
Veratrum.
Veratric acid (Chem.), an acid occurring,
together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore (Veratrum
album), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white crystalline
substance which is related to protocatechuic acid.