Xanthopuccine

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

  Xanthopuccine \Xan`tho*puc"cine\, n. [Xantho- + puccoon + -ine.]
     (Chem.)
     One of three alkaloids found in the root of the yellow
     puccoon ({Hydrastis Canadensis}). It is a yellow crystalline
     substance, and resembles berberine.
     [1913 Webster]