Methysticin

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

  Methysticin \Me*thys"ti*cin\, n. (Chem.)
     A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the
     thick rootstock of a species of pepper ({Piper methysticum})
     of the South Sea Islands; -- called also {kanakin}.
     [1913 Webster]