| NOUN | artifact | nux vomica | a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree |
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| Meaning | A medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant. | |
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| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| Substances | brucine | A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica |
| strychnine | An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica | |
| Spanish | nuez vómica, nux vomica | |
| Catalan | nou vòmica | |
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