Brucine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brucine
       n : a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted
           from nux vomica