Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strychnine

1 sense of strychnine

Sense 1
strychnine -- (an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant)
       => plant toxin, phytotoxin -- (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)
       => alkaloid -- (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)