Definition of Brucine

1. Noun. A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica.

Substance meronyms: Nux Vomica
Generic synonyms: Alkaloid, Phytotoxin, Plant Toxin

Definition of Brucine

1. n. 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.

Definition of Brucine

1. a poisonous alkaloid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Brucine

1. A poweful 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. Synonym: brucia and brucina. Origin: Cf. F. Brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brucine

brucelloses
brucellosis
brucellosis
Bruce Lee
Bruch
Bruch's glands
Bruch's membrane
bruchid
Bruchidae
bruchids
Bruchus
Bruchus pisorum
bruch membrane
brucin
brucine (current term)
brucine (current term)
brucines
brucins
brucite
brucite
brucites
Bruck's disease
Brucke's muscle
Brucke's tunic
Brucke-Bartley phenomenon
Bruckenthalia
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
bruckle
Bruckner
Brudzinski's sign

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