Pronunciation: ' n ə ks- ' vä-mi-k ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural nux vomica
Etymology: New Latin, literally, emetic nut
Date: 14th century
1 : the poisonous disk-shaped seed of a tree ( Strychnos nux-vomica of the family Loganiaceae) of southern Asia that contains several alkaloids and especially strychnine and brucine also : the tree yielding nux vomica
2 : a drug containing nux vomica