brucine

Noun
  1. A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica (synset 114739350)
    is a type of:
    • alkaloid - natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
    • phytotoxin, plant toxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
    substance meronym: nux vomica - a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant

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