strychnine

English

Structure diagram of strychnine

Etymology

From French strychnine, from Ancient Greek στρύχνος (strúkhnos).

Noun

strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)

(organic chemistry) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide

Derived terms

Translations

very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid

Czech: strychnin m
Dutch: strychnine (nl)
Esperanto: striknino
French: strychnine (fr) f
German: Strychnin (de) n
Hungarian: sztrichnin
Ido: striknino (io)

Italian: stricnina (it) f
Japanese: ストリキニン (sutorikinin), ストリキニーネ (sutorikiniine)
Navajo: mąʼiitsoh bee yigą́
Polish: strychnina (pl) f
Portuguese: estricnina f
Russian: стрихни́н (ru) m (strixnín)
Swedish: stryknin (sv)

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