brucine

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Noun

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bruc=ine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun brucine has 1 sense

brucine(n = noun.substance) - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica;

CIDE DICTIONARY

brucine, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.].

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. [1913 Webster]