| 单词 | crow-fig |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrow-fig crow-fig n. the berry of the nux vomica tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding poison > nux vomica tree > nux vomica seed nux vomicaa1398 vomic nut1563 vomiting nut1575 ox-vomit1772 crow-fig1778 ratsbane1826 1778 R. James Diss. Fevers (ed. 8) 48 Cutting in small pieces some of the crow fig, commonly called nux vomica. 1830 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 30 Oct. 3 He struck her; which exasperated the poor woman so much as to induce her to poison herself with crow~fig. 1858 Morning Chron. 16 Sept. 8 It is thought that he has been poisoned with crow-fig, the berry of the nux vomica. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 599 Crow-fig, or nux-vomica. 1895 C. L. Bloxam Chem. (ed. 8) 760 Nux-vomica, or crow-fig, contains about 1 per cent. of strychnine. < as lemmas |
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