morphine alkaloid
noun1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that exudes from the seed capsule of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.
- Synonyms
- opium alkaloid
- Related terms
- berberine, codeine, hydrastine, morphine, narceine, narcotine, papaverine, sanguinarine, thebaine