brucine

/ˈbruˌsin/
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Definitions of brucine
  1. noun
    a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
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    type of:
    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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