cotarnine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cotarnine, from narcotine, by anagramming.
Noun
cotarnine (uncountable)
- (dated, organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance, allegedly with the
formula C12H13NO3, obtained from decomposition of narcotine.
References
- “cotarnine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.