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bru·cine
(bro͞o′sēn′, -sĭn)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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brucine
(ˈbruːsiːn; -sin)n
(Plants) bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
[C19: named after James Bruce (1730–94), Scottish explorer of Africa]
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bru•cine
(ˈbru sin, -sɪn)n.
a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol.
[1815–25; after J. Bruce (1730–94), Scottish explorer; see -ine2]
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| 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 |
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