kanakin

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kanakin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]