Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, derived from the seeds of nux vomica and closely related plants and used to denature alcohol.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vegetable alkaloid (C2H26N2O4), discovered in what was thought to be the bark of the Brucea antidysenterica, but which was that of Strychnos Nux-vomica.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 alsobrucia andbrucina .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloid , related tostrychnine , found innux vomica .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It gives a red colour with brucine, turns the green sulphate of iron black, and with hydrochloric acid dissolves gold.
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Strychnine and brucine exist in combination with igasuric acid discovered by Ludwig in 1873.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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It bears an orange-like fruit, containing seeds that have an intensely bitter taste, owing to the presence of two most energetic poisons, _strychnine_ and _brucine_.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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"Ah," he exclaimed, "it is no longer brucine that is used; let me see what it is!"
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Noirtier, I resolved to try one last means, and for three months I have been giving him brucine; so that in the last dose I ordered for him there were six grains.
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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By mid-1927, the new denaturing formulas included some notable poisons-kerosene and brucine
Waxy.org Links 2010
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By mid-1927, the new denaturing formulas included some notable poisons-kerosene and brucine
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010
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By mid-1927, the new denaturing formulas included some notable poisons-kerosene and brucine
Born Again Redneck Patrick Joubert Conlon 2010
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You just have to rise above it, with a smile. brucine sulfate
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I had told you that there was brucine in the mixture I give you. "
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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