'Methysticin' definitions:

Definition of 'Methysticin'

From: GCIDE
  • Methysticin \Me*thys"ti*cin\, n. (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]