Dictionary entry

Cotarnine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Co‐tar″nine (k?–t?r″n?n or –n?n), n. [F., fr. narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.