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strychnine

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

strych=nine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun strychnine has 1 sense

strychnine(n = noun.substance) Array - an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

strychnine, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. : cf. F. strychnine.].

A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceæ, 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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

strychnine, n. a vegetable alkaloid obtained from plants of the genus Strychnos (esp. nux vomica), bitter and highly poisonous, used as a stimulant and (in small amounts) a tonic.

Derivative

strychnic adj.

Etymology

F f. L strychnos f. Gk strukhnos a kind of nightshade

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strychnine

Bane

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