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brucine

bru·cine

UK/ˈbɹuːsiːn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica

Origin

Borrowed from French, from the taxonomic name Brucea + -ine, thus indirectly named after Scottish explorer James Bruce.

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