Med. [f. prec. + -INE.] An alkaloid prepared from the seeds of gorse.
1887. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 21 May, 1144/2. The value … of kavaine and ulexine as local anæsthetics.
1888. F. H. Lescher, Recent Mat. Medica (ed. 3), 88. Ulexine;… discovered by A. W. Gerrard. A powerful organic base, soluble in water, insoluble in ether.
