† vomicadj.
Obsolete. rare.
vomic nut n. = nux vomica n.The sense of ‘purulent, ulcerous’ given in later Dictionaries (from c1884) appears to have been evolved from vomica n. 2.
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nux vomicaa1398
vomic nut1563
vomiting nut1575
ox-vomit1772
crow-fig1778
ratsbane1826
1563 W. Turner Herball iii. 49 First I wil rehearse what he writeth of the vomike nut.
1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 505 Vomick nut is the nucleus of a fruit of an East-Indian tree.
1794 W. Woodville Med. Bot. Suppl. 29 Strychnos Nux vomica. Vomic nut, or Poison-nut.
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