[mass noun]a bitter and highly poisonous compound obtained from nux vomica and related plants. An alkaloid, it has occasionally been used as a stimulant 士的宁,番木鳖碱,马钱子碱(有时用作兴奋剂)
strychnic adjective 语源
early 19th cent.: from French, via Latin from Greek strukhnos, denoting a kind of nightshade