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METHYSTICIN
METHYSTICIN
Me
*thys "
ti
*cin, n. (
Chem.
)
Defn: A
white,
silky,
crystalline
substance
extracted
from
the
thick
rootstock
of
a
species
of
pepper
(
Piper
methysticum )
of
the
South
Sea
Islands; --
called
also
kanakin.