cacotheline
noun
ca·coth·e·line
kəˈkäthəˌlēn,
ka-,
-lə̇n
plural -s
: a poisonous base C21H21N3O7 obtained as the orange-yellow crystalline nitrate by heating brucine with nitric acid
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary cacothel- (from Late Greek kakothelēs malevolent, from Greek kak- cac- + -thelēs, from thelein to wish, will) + -ine; originally formed as French cacothéline
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above