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strychnine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr ?: cf F. strychnine.] (Chem.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of {Loganiace[ae]}, as from the seeds of the St Ignatius bean ({Strychnos Ignatia}) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also {strychnia}, and formerly {strychnina}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: strychnine n : an alkaloid poison extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
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