| 释义 |
bruc·ine
\ˈbrüˌsēn, -_sə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from French, from New Latin Brucea (genus name of Brucea antidysenterica, a shrub in which it was erroneously considered to be present, after James Bruce died 1794 Scottish explorer of Africa) + French -ine
: a bitter poisonous crystalline alkaloid C23H26N2O4 found with strychnine especially in nux vomica and ignatia and used chiefly in denaturing alcohol; dimethoxy-strychnine |