Nux vomica

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.

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nux
nux, nŭcis (gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [etym. dub.], I a nut . At...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
nux
nux nucis, f a nut: Sparge, marite, nuces (a custom at weddings), V.: te cassā nuce pauperet, i. e....

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
vomica
vŏmĭca (o scanned long, Ser. Samm. 40, 743), ae, f. [vomo], a sore, boil, ulcer, imposthume, absce...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
vomica
vomica ae, f VOM-, a sore, boil, ulcer, abscess : gladio vomicam eius aperuit, Iu.—Fig., an annoy...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Vomica
·noun An abscess cavity in the lungs. II. Vomica ·noun An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language