[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

methysticin \methys"ticin\, 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
see also:
piper methysticum kanakin 

Kanakin >> K Words
Kanakin, definition of term: Kanakin
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