Found 2 items, similar to brucine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brucine brucine n : a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brucine Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina. [1913 Webster]