nux vomica

1. 1.

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

   Broadermedicine

Questions about nux vomica

What does nux vomica mean?

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

Is nux vomica a common word?

nux vomica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.