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

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