brucine

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.

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[After James Bruce (1730-1794), Scottish explorer.]

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brucine [ˈbruːsiːn -sin]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C₂₃H₂₆N₂O₄

[named after James Bruce (1730-94), Scottish explorer of Africa]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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