Associations to the word «Strychnine»

Wiktionary

STRYCHNINE, noun. (organic compound) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide

Dictionary definition

STRYCHNINE, noun. An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne