The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jamaicine
Jamaicine \Ja*ma"i*cine\, n. [From Jamaica.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya
inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam;
-- called also jamacina.
--Watts.
Wiktionary
jamaicine
n. (context organic compound archaic English) A bitter alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of ''Geoffroya inermis'', a leguminous tree of Jamaica and Suriname.