Meaning of BRUCINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'brooseen
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| | Definition: | | [n] a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica |
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| | See Also: | | alkaloid, nux vomica, phytotoxin, plant toxin | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a
Scottish traveler.] (Chem.)
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with
strychnine, in the seeds of different species of {Strychnos},
especially in the {Nux vomica}. It is less powerful than
strychnine. Called also {brucia} and {brucina}.
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