gnoscopine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to know”) + opium + -ine?

Noun

gnoscopine (countable and uncountable, plural gnoscopines)

(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in certain species of poppy.
Synonym: dl-narcotine

Translations

Spanish: noscapina f

References

“gnoscopine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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