strychnine

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) +‎ -ine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/

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strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)

1. (organic chemistry) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide

• strychine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)
• strychnic (adjective)
• strychninism

Borrowed from French strychnine.

• IPA^(key): /ˌstrɪxˈni.nə/, /ˌstrixˈni.nə/

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• Hyphenation: strych‧ni‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

strychnine f or n (uncountable)

1. strychnine

• strychninevergiftiging

• IPA^(key): /stʁik.nin/

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strychnine f (plural strychnines)

1. strychnine

• → Dutch: strychnine
• → English: strychnine
• → Turkish: striknin

• “strychnine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.