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strych·nos
\ˈstriknəs, -ˌnäs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nightshade, from Greek
: a large genus of tropical trees and woody tendril-climbing vines (family Loganiaceae) having 3- to 5-nerved leaves, cymose flowers with a salver-shaped corolla, and a 2-celled ovary that becomes in fruit a berry with a thick rind — see curare, nux vomica, strychnine; compare brucine |