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STRYCHNINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("strychnine" is a kind of...):

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

phytotoxin; plant toxin (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)

Holonyms ("strychnine" is a substance of...):

nux vomica (a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb strychnine

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