Dictionary entry

Meconic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Me‐con″ic (?), a. [Gr. � belonging to the poppy, fr. � the poppy: cf. F. méconique.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.