Associations to the word «Brucine»

Wiktionary

BRUCINE, noun. (organic compound) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).

Dictionary definition

BRUCINE, noun. A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca