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Strychnine

//ˈstrɪkˌnaɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide. uncountable, usually

    "Only don’t say I didn’t warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well—I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and the whole family died in fearful agonies."

  2. 2
    an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant wordnet

Etymology

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) + -ine.

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