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Lactucarium vs Lactucone - What's the difference?

lactucarium | lactucone |

As nouns the difference between lactucarium and lactucone

is that lactucarium is the thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug while lactucone is (organic compound) a white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

lactucarium

English

Noun

(-)
  • The thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug.

    • Synonyms

    * lettuce opium ----

    lactucone

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.
    • (Webster 1913)