Jamaicine

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

  Jamaicine \Ja*ma"i*cine\, n. [From Jamaica.] (Chem.)
     An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of {Geoffroya
     inermis}, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam;
     -- called also {jamacina}. --Watts.
     [1913 Webster]