"strychnine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strychnine.wav [Southern-England] Forms: strychnines [plural]
Etymology: From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|strychnine}} French strychnine, {{der|en|el|στρύχνος|t=sleepy nightshade}} Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”), {{der|en|grc|στρύχνον}} Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon), {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)
  1. (organic chemistry) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide Wikipedia link: strychnine Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Alkaloids, Organic compounds, Poisons Derived forms: strychine tree (taxonomic: Strychnos nux-vomica), strychnic [adjective], strychninism Translations (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid): strychnin [masculine] (Czech), strychnine [feminine, neuter] (Dutch), striknino (Esperanto), strychnine [feminine] (French), estricnina [feminine] (Galician), esternina [feminine, vulgar] (Galician), Strychnin [neuter] (German), sztrichnin (Hungarian), striknino (Ido), stricnina [feminine] (Italian), ストリキニン (sutorikinin) (Japanese), ストリキニーネ (sutorikiniine) (Japanese), 스트리크닌 (seuteurikeunin) (Korean), mąʼiitsoh bee yigą́ (Navajo), stryknin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stryknin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), strychnina [feminine] (Polish), estricnina [feminine] (Portuguese), стрихни́н (strixnín) [masculine] (Russian), estricnina (Spanish), stryknin (Swedish), striknin (Turkish)

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