NUX VOMICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nux vomica mean? 

• NUX VOMICA (noun)
  The noun NUX VOMICA has 1 sense:

1. a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant

  Familiarity information: NUX VOMICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUX VOMICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nux vomica" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Meronyms (substance of "nux vomica"):

strychnine (an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant)

brucine (a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica)

 Context examples 

Cocculus/nux vomica/tabacum/petroleum extract contains equal homeopathic units of the following extracts: extract of Cocculus indicus (fish berry), the fruit of the southeast Asian/Indian climbing plant Anamirta cocculus; extract of the seeds of Strychnos nux vomica (poison nut), an evergreen tree native to southeast Asia; extract of Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); and petroleum.

(Cocculus/Nux vomica/Tabacum/Petroleum Extract, NCI Thesaurus)