NUX VOMICA

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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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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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