Definition of Strychnine

1. Noun. An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant.

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

Definition of Strychnine

1. n. 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.

Definition of Strychnine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strychnine

strunting
strunts
strut
Struthio
struthiomimus
Struthionidae
Struthioniformes
struthious
Struthio camelus
struts
strutted
strutter
strutters
strutting
strychnic
strychnine (current term)
strychnines
Strymon
Strymon melinus
Stuart
Stuart Davis
stub
stubbed
stubbier
stubbies
stubbiest
stubbily
stubbiness
stubbing
stubble

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