Narcotia

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

  Narcotine \Nar"co*tine\ (n[aum]r"k[-o]*t[i^]n or
     n[aum]r"k[-o]*t[=e]n), n. [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf.
     {Cotarnine}.] (Chem.)
     An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white
     crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than
     morphine; -- called also {narcotia}.


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