'Nux vomica' definitions:
Definition of 'nux vomica'
(from WordNet)
noun
A medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant
Definition of 'Nux vomica'
From: GCIDE
- Nux vomica \Nux` vom"i*ca\ [NL., fr. L. nux a nut + vomere to vomit.] 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. [1913 Webster]