( n. )
An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
( n. )
An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012