strychnos, i, m., = στρύχνος,
a kind of nightshade , Plin. 27, 8, 44, § 68.—Called also trychnos , Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 177; App. Herb. 74.
·noun A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. ·see Nux vomica. ...
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