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brucia

/ˈbɹuːsiə/

brucia is the obsolete form of brucine.

Meaning of brucine

Noun

brucine (usually uncountable, plural brucines)

  1. (usually) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
    Synonyms:
    brucia

Forms of brucia

pluralbrucias

Origin of brucia

Alteration of taxonomic name Brucea.

Words that rhyme with brucia

Questions about brucia

What is brucia the obsolete form of?
Brucia is the obsolete form of brucine.
How do you pronounce brucia?
Brucia is pronounced /ˈbɹuːsiə/.

Words near brucia in the dictionary

  1. bruchines
  2. bruchinid
  3. bruchinids
  4. bruchins
  5. Bruchsal
  6. brucia
  7. brucias
  8. Brucie
  9. brucin
  10. brucine
  11. brucines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brucia (page history and authors); brucine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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