Strychnine

[French, from New Latin Strychnos, from Latin, nightshade, from Greek]  First appeared 1819.

A bitter poisonous alkaloid that is obtained from nux vomica and related plants (genus Strychnos) and is used as a poison (as for rodents) and medicinally as a stimulant to the central nervous system.

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