Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless alkaloid, HOC17H15N(OCH3)3, contained in opium. It crystallizes in small trimetric prisms melting at 166° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.
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- noun chemistry A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium
Etymologies
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From laudanum + -ine
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