Definition of "narcotine" [nar•co•tine]

• An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine (noun)

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• "He contributed greatly towards the definition of the arrangement of atoms within molecules of morphine, papaverine, narcotine, etc."
• "Found only on Omega are Black Slipper, nace, manicee, tri-narcotine, djedalas, and the various products of the carmoid group."
• "Jenkins, is eloquent exceedingly upon the _narcotine_ of fashionable life: declares that its soothing influences were unequalled by vapour of purest mundungus, or acetate of morphia, or even pill of opium, blended intimately with glass of _eau-de-vie_."