brucine Chem.
(ˈbruːsaɪn)
[From Brucea antidysenterica, the tree which was supposed to furnish false Angustura bark, now understood to be the bark of a species of Strychnos.]
A vegetable alkaloid existing in false Angustura bark, and (along with strychnine) in Nux Vomica; like strychnine it is a strong poison.
| 1823 J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 148 Brucine..a new alkali is..procured..from the..brucea anti-dysenterica. c 1865 J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 416/1 Brucine may be separated from strychnine by its solubility in cold alcohol. |