Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - strychnine
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Strychnine
strychnine
noun Etymology: French, from New Latin Strychnos, from Latin, nightshade, from Greek Date: 1819 a bitter poisonous alkaloid C21H22N2O2 that is obtained from nux vomica and related plants (genus Strychnos) and is used as a poison (as for rodents) and medicinally as a stimulant of the central nervous system
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1.
n. a vegetable alkaloid obtained from plants of the genus Strychnos (esp. nux vomica), bitter and highly poisonous, used as a stimulant and (in small amounts) a tonic. Derivatives strychnic adj. Etymology: F f. L strychnos f. Gk strukhnos a kind of nightshade ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1) стрихнин 2) бот. чилибуха, стрихнос рвотный, рвотный орех (Strychnos nux-vomica) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
3.
1. бот. рвотный корень, чилибуха (Strychnos nux-vomica) 2. стрихнин strychnine poisoning —- отравление стрихнином ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
Strychnine is a very poisonous drug which is sometimes used in very small amounts as a medicine. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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7.
- 1819, from Fr. strychnine, from Mod.L. Strychnos, the genus name of the plant (nux vomica) from which the poison is obtained, from Gk. strychnon, a kind of nightshade. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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