Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Meconic

Meconic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed} belonging to the poppy, from {not transcribed} the poppy: compare French méconique.]

(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chemistry), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.