| 单词 | purging nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurging nut purging nut n. any of several plants of the family Euphorbiaceae, or their seeds; esp. physic nut, Jatropha curcas. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > fruit or seed > physic-nut or purging nut pinyon1577 physic nut1657 purging nut1668 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > fruit or seed > croton seeds purging nut1668 Molucca grains1837 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 719 He observes of the Purging-nuts..that they often do work as is related. 1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 468 Ricinus... Purging nut: with oval fruit, and roundish, somewhat triangular, pale brownish seeds. 1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 151 It appears..that the croton plant is the same which produces the seeds known in commerce as the Indian purging-nut. 1954 E. W. Eckey Veg. Fats & Oils xiv. 584 The oil known as curcas oil comes from the kernel of the nuts known as physic nut, purging nut or Barbadoes nut. 2006 Food Chem. 96 80/1 Jatropha curcas (physic nut or purging nut) is a drought-resistant shrub or tree..which is cultivated in Central and South America. < as lemmas |
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