See Also: Brucine(medicine)
brucine(dictionary)

brucine (iou)



brucine noun. ['bru:si:n] E19.
[from mod. Latin Brucea genus name of a tree formerly thought to be the source of false angostura bark, from James Bruce (1730-94), Scot. traveller: see -INE5.]
Chemistry. A highly toxic alkaloid present in false angostura bark and nux vomica.
brucia noun (now rare or obsolete) = BRUCINE E19.