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NUX VOMICA
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I. (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)
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