STRYCHNINES
Noun
strychnines
plural of strychnine
Source: Wiktionary
STRYCHNINE
Strych"nine, n. Etym: [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr.
strychnine.] (Chem.)
Definition: A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from
various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceæ, as
from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from
nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a
very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the
form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also
strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition