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strychnin

strychnin is the obsolete form of strychnine.

Meaning of strychnine

Noun

strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)

  1. (usually) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.
    • Only don’t say I didn’t warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well—I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and the whole family died in fearful agonies.1908, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Questions about strychnin

What is strychnin the obsolete form of?
Strychnin is the obsolete form of strychnine.

Words near strychnin in the dictionary

  1. strychnia
  2. strychnias
  3. strychnic
  4. strychnic acid
  5. strychnic acids
  6. strychnin
  7. strychnine
  8. strychnine hydrochloride
  9. strychnine hydrochlorides
  10. strychnine tree
  11. strychnine trees

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