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Define the word kanakin

"kanakin" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Methysticin \Me*thys"ti*cin\, n. (Chem.)
   A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the
   thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum)
   of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.
   [1913 Webster]