kəˈkäthəˌlēn, ka-, -lə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cacothel- (from Late Greek kakothelēs malevolent, from Greek kak- cac- + -thelēs, from thelein to wish, will) + -ine; originally formed as French cacothéline — more at monothelete
: a poisonous base C 21 H 21 N 3 O 7 obtained as the orange-yellow crystalline nitrate by heating brucine with nitric acid