Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brucine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a
Scottish traveler.] (Chem.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brucine
n : a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted
from nux vomica
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