STRYCHNINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strychnine mean? 

• STRYCHNINE (noun)
  The noun STRYCHNINE has 1 sense:

1. an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant

  Familiarity information: STRYCHNINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRYCHNINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("strychnine" is a kind 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)

Holonyms ("strychnine" is a substance of...):

nux vomica (a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant)

 Context examples 

The seeds, found inside the green to orange-colored fruit, contain the alkaloids strychnine and brucine that can act as a CNS stimulant at therapeutic doses.

(Nux Vomica Seed, NCI Thesaurus)