picrotoxin

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Etymology

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picro- +‎ toxin

Noun

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picrotoxin (plural picrotoxins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin.

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