Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as glaucescent.
  • noun A colorless bitter alkaloid contained in the leaves of the horn-poppy, Glaucium Glaucium. It forms crystalline nacreous scales when deposited from water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Glaucous or glaucescent.
  • noun (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium flavum, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium.

Etymologies

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Glaucium +‎ -ine

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