Main Entry: sco·pol·amine

Pronunciation: \skō-ˈpä-lə-ˌmēn, -mən\

Function: noun

Etymology: German Scopolamin, from New Latin Scopolia, genus of plants + German Amin amine

Date: 1892

: a poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis) —called also hyoscine