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brucine

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bru·cine  (brsn, -sn)
n.
A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, derived from the seeds of nux vomica and closely related plants and used to denature alcohol.
[After James Bruce (1730-1794), Scottish explorer.]
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Noun1.brucine - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
nux vomica - a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant
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


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"Well," replied Monte Cristo "suppose, then, that this poison was brucine, and you were to take a milligramme the first day, two milligrammes the second day, and so on.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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