释义 |
strych·nos \ˈstriknəs, -ˌnäs\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nightshade, from Greek : a large genus of tropical trees and woody tendril-climbing vines (family Loganiaceae) having 3- to 5-nerved leaves, cymose flowers with a salver-shaped corolla, and a 2-celled ovary that becomes in fruit a berry with a thick rind — see curare, nux vomica, strychnine; compare brucine |