NUX VOMICA

Meaning of NUX VOMICA in English

[ nʌks'vɒmɪkə ]

■ noun a spiny southern Asian tree with berry-like fruit and toxic seeds that contain strychnine. [ Strychnos nux-vomica .]

Origin

ME: from med. L., from L. nux 'nut' + vomica 'causing vomiting'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

NUX VOMICA — noun (plural ~) Etymology: New Latin, literally, emetic nut Date: 14th century the poisonous disk-shaped seed of a tree ( …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NUX VOMICA — |nəksˈvämə̇kə noun ( plural nux vomica ) Etymology: New Latin, literally, emetic nut 1. : the poisonous seed of an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUX VOMICA — /nuks" vom"i keuh/ 1. the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUX VOMICA — noun ( plural nux vomica ) Etymology: New Latin, literally, emetic nut Date: 14th century 1. : the poisonous disk-shaped …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NUX VOMICA — [nux vom.i.ca] n, pl nux vomica [NL, lit., emetic nut] (14c) 1: the poisonous seed of an Asian tree (Strychnos …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NUX VOMICA — nux vomica BrE AmE ˌnʌks ˈvɒm ɪk ə AmE \ -ˈvɑːm-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NUX VOMICA — n. 1 an E. Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, yielding a poisonous fruit. 2 the seeds of this tree, containing strychnine. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NUX VOMICA — n. 1 an E. Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, yielding a poisonous fruit. 2 the seeds of this tree, containing strychnine. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NUX VOMICA — n.1 an E. Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, yielding a poisonous fruit. 2 the seeds of this tree, containing strychnine. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
NUX VOMICA — () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. …
Английский словарь Webster
NUX VOMICA — The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NUX VOMICA — the seed of strychnos nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the malabar and coromandel coasts of the east indies. from …
Webster English vocab
NUX VOMICA — Pronunciation: ' n ə ks- ' vä-mi-k ə Function: noun Inflected Form: plural nux vomica Etymology: New Latin, literally, emetic …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NUX — Airport Name : Novy Urengoy Airport Airport Location : Novy Urengoy, Russia IATA Code : NUX ICAO Code : NSMU
Airport Code English Dictionary
VOMICA — (vó-) n [Med.] vomica
Interlingua English vocab
VOMICA — (n.) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
Английский словарь Webster
VOMICA — (n.) An abscess cavity in the lungs.
Английский словарь Webster
VOMICA — ( n. ) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VOMICA — ( n. ) An abscess cavity in the lungs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VOMICA — /vom"i keuh/ , n. , pl. vomicae /-euh see'/ . Pathol. 1. a cavity, usually in the lungs, containing pus. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VOMICA — n. pus-filled cavity that is caused by tissue deterioration and usually occurs in the lung (Medicine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VOMICA — noun an abscess cavity in the lungs. 2. vomica ·noun an abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
Webster English vocab
VOMICA — отхаркивание гнойной мокроты
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
VOMIC — adj vomitive, vomitory; nuce vomic [Bot.] nux vomica
Interlingua English vocab
STRYCHNINE — noun Etymology: French, from New Latin Strychnos, from Latin, nightshade, from Greek Date: 1819 a bitter poisonous alkaloid C 21 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINKROOT — noun Date: 1763 any of several American plants (genus Spigelia ) related to the nux vomica and used as anthelmintics
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRUCINE — noun Etymology: probably from French, from New Latin Brucea, genus name of Brucea antidysenterica, a shrub Date: 1823 a poisonous …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRYCHNINE — Organic compound, a poisonous alkaloid obtained from seeds of the nux vomica tree of India and related plants of the …
Английский словарь Британика
STRYCHNINE — I. ˈstrikˌnīn, -_nə̇n, -ˌnēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from New Latin Strychnos + French -ine 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOMITING NUT — noun obsolete : nux vomica
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOMICINE — ˈväməˌsēn, -_sə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin vomica (in nux-vomica, specific epithet of the nux vomica tree Strychnos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOGANIN — ˈlōgənə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary logan- (from New Latin Loganiaceae, family to which nux vomica belongs) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRYCHNINE — — strychnic , adj. /strik"nin, -neen, -nuyn/ , n. 1. Pharm. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 21 H 22 N …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRUCINE — /brooh"seen, -sin/ , n. Chem. a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, C 23 H 26 N 2 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRYCHNINE — a poisonous alkaloid that is obtained from seeds of the nux vomica tree (S. nux-vomica) and related plants of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
РВОТНЫЙ КОРЕНЬ — 1) (Strychnos nux-vomica) glume grass 2) (Psychotria ipecacuanha) ipecacuanha 3) (Strychnos nux-vomica) poison nut
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
NOVY URENGOY AIRPORT — Airport Name : Novy Urengoy Airport Airport Location : Novy Urengoy, Russia IATA Code : NUX ICAO Code : NSMU
Airport Code English Dictionary
NSMU — Airport Name : Novy Urengoy Airport Airport Location : Novy Urengoy, Russia IATA Code : NUX ICAO Code : NSMU
Airport Code English Dictionary
NUT
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NUTMEG — I. ˈnətˌmeg, -māg noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English notemuge, part translation, part modification of Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUCLEATE — I. ˈn(y)üklēˌāt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Late Latin nucleatus, past participle of nucleare to become kernelly, hard, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOISETTE — I. nwəˈzet noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, hazel nut, from Middle French, from Old French, diminutive of nois, noix …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOCK
Webster's New International English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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