coccognic

coccogˈnidic, cocˈcognic Chem.

[f. L. coccum berry + trivial name of Daphne Gnidium, a species of Mezereon, named from Gnidus or Cnidus, an ancient town of Caria.]

In c. acid, an acid, crystallizing in quadrangular colourless prisms, obtained from the seeds of Daphne Gnidium.

1863–72 in Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1060.