Meanings
- uncountablechemistryCaffeine extracted from maté plant.
Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a stimulant in humans. Caffeine is sometimes called guaranine when found in guarana, mateine when found in mate, and theine when found in tea.
2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Health & Drugs: Disease, Prescription & Medication - uncountablechemistryA hypothetical xanthine alkaloid said to be found in maté, supposed to resemble caffeine.
Unlike tea and coffee, however, it does not contain caffeine. Instead, its main active ingredient is a xanthine alkaloid known as mateine.
2015, Thom Hartmann, ADHD and the Edison Gene
Origin
Either a blend of maté + caffeine, or from maté + -ine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish mateiini
- mateiinialkaloid
French matéine
- matéinealkaloid
Hungarian matein
- mateinalkaloid
Portuguese mateína
- mateínaalkaloid
Spanish mateína
- mateínaalkaloid
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
mateine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateine
“mateine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mateine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateine.
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