maticin Chem.
(ˈmætɪsɪn)
Also -ine.
[f. matico + -in.]
A bitter principle obtained from the leaves of the matico plant.
| 1844 Hodges in Lond. etc. Philos. Mag. XXV. 206 A yellowish-brown extractive matter, maticine, remained. 1871 Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. XVIII. 234 Maticin. |