Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a
Scottish traveler.] (Chem.)
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with
strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos,
especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than
strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina.