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1. (n.) brucine
a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C
Etymology: (1815–25; after J. Bruce (1730–94), Scottish explorer; see -ine2)
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1. (noun) brucine
a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
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1. (noun) brucine
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
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