ca·coth·e·line
| \ kəˈkäthəˌlēn, ka-, -lə̇n \
plural -s
Definition of cacotheline
: a poisonous base C21H21N3O7 obtained as the orange-yellow crystalline nitrate by heating brucine with nitric acid
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The first known use of cacotheline was in 1846
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