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单词 nux vomica
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nux vomica

/nʌks ˈvɒmɪkə /
noun [mass noun]
1A spiny southern Asian tree with berry-like fruit and toxic seeds that are a commercial source of strychnine.
  • Strychnos nux-vomica, family Loganiaceae.
De Abano in the fourteenth century included mercury, copper, lapis lazuli, arsenic sublimate, litharge, nux vomica, laurel berries, and hellebore in his De Remedis Venenorum....
  • Belladonna, sepia and nux vomica are among the most common ingredients.
  • The Strychnine tree also known as Nux vomica, is an evergreen tree native to southeast Asia, a member of family Loganiaceae.
1.1A homeopathic preparation of this plant used especially for the treatment of symptoms of overeating and overdrinking.Homeopathic remedies, including nux vomica, iris, belladona and others seem to help some headache sufferers....
  • I also recommend the remedy nux vomica for sickness following surgery.
  • A homeopathic remedy for hangovers is the attractively-named nux vomica, which is available in most health food stores.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin nux 'nut' + vomica 'causing vomiting' (from vomere 'to vomit').

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