a white, bitter, poisonous, crystalline compound, CHO, resembling strychnine in its properties: used as a stimulant in cases of barbiturate poisoning
Origin:
picro- + toxin
See picrotoxin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A bitter crystalline compound, C30H34O13, derived from the seed of an East Indian woody vine (Animirta cocculus) and used as a stimulant, especially in treating barbiturate poisoning.