The highly poisonous seeds of the tree Strychnos nux-vomica (see sense 2), which contain the alkaloid strychnine; a preparation made from these…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding poison > nux vomica tree > nux vomica seed (6) nux vomicaa1398 The highly poisonous seeds of the tree Strychnos nux-vomica (see sense 2), which contain the alkaloid strychnine; a preparation made from these… vomic nut1563 = nux vomica, n. vomiting nut1575 attributive, chiefly in the sense ‘causing vomiting, emetic’, as vomiting drink, vomiting julep, vomiting pap, vomiting tartar, etc.; vomiting nut n.… ox-vomit1772 = nux vomica, n. 1. crow-fig1778 the berry of the nux vomica tree. ratsbane1826 Nux vomica, the seeds of the strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Obsolete. |
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