ˈbrüˌsēn, -_sə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from French, from New Latin Brucea (genus name of Brucea antidysenterica, a shrub in which it was erroneously considered to be present, after James Bruce died 1794 Scottish explorer of Africa) + French -ine
: a bitter poisonous crystalline alkaloid C 23 H 26 N 2 O 4 found with strychnine especially in nux vomica and ignatia and used chiefly in denaturing alcohol; dimethoxy-strychnine