| 释义 |
coc·cu·lus
I. \-ləs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, literally, small berry, from cocc- + -ulus
: a small genus of slender woody vines (family Menispermaceae) with alternate leaves, paniculate flowers, and drupaceous fruits — see carolina moonseed
II. noun
or cocculus in·di·cus \-ində̇kəs\
(plural cocculus)
Etymology: New Latin cocculus indicus, from cocculus small berry + Latin indicus of India — more at indic
: the very poisonous bean-shaped berry of a woody vine (Anamirta cocculus) of the East Indies that yields picrotoxin and is used locally to stupefy fishes and in an ointment to control vermin |