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| bru·cine [ br sn ] |
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poisonous substance derived from seeds: a poisonous white crystalline alkaloid. Source: nux vomica seeds. Use: denaturation of alcohol. Latin name Strychnos nux-vomica. C23H26N2O4
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| [Early 19th century. < modern Latin Brucea, genus name of a tree formerly thought to bear the bark that the substance is derived from] |
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