menispermine

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An alkaloid extracted from the shells of the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus. It is tasteless and medicinally inert. See Cocculus.

Wiktionary

1. n. organic chemistry An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta cocculus, formerly Menispermum cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina.