A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained fromvarious species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceæ, asfrom the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and fromnux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having avery bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in theform of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called alsostrychnia, and formerly strychnina.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/7235/strychnineRSS for NodeWed, 08 Jul 2026 11:34:18 GMTTue, 21 Mar 2017 19:02:44 GMT60a natural poison that causes the body to go into convulsions and spasms.It is one of the most bitter substances in the world.Eventually causes the body to collapse from complete exhaustion or go into asphixia followed by instant rigor mortis. A common urban ledgend is drug dealers mixing it with drugs such as LSD which would not be possible since it would most likely be fatal.

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