strychnine

English Thesaurus

1. an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	alkaloid,
definition	:	natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	phytotoxin, plant toxin,
definition	:	any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	nux vomica,
definition	:	a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant (noun.artifact)