Cryptopine

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

  Cryptopine \Cryp"to*pine\ (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s
     hidden + E. opium.] (Chem.)
     A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities
     from opium.
     [1913 Webster]