Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daphnin \Daph"nin\, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.)
   (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon
       ({Daphne mezereum}) and regarded as the essential
       principle of the plant. [R.]
   (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a
       glucoside, and extracted from {Daphne mezereum} and {D.
       alpina}.