Usually means: Poisonous tree, source of strychnine.
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  1. nux vomica: Merriam-Webster
  2. nux vomica: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nux vomica: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nux vomica: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nux vomica: Vocabulary.com
  6. nux vomica: Wordnik
  7. nux vomica: Wiktionary
  8. nux vomica: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. nux vomica: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nux vomica: Dictionary.com
  11. Nux Vomica, Nux vomica: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Nux vomica: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. nux vomica: Rhymezone
  14. Nux vomica: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. nux vomica: FreeDictionary.org
  16. nux vomica: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. nux vomica: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nux vomica: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nux vomica: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. nux vomica: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

(Note: See nux_vomicas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nux vomica)

noun:  A strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica), an evergreen tree found in southeastern Asia.
noun:  The fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, which contains strychnine and brucine.
noun:  A preparation made from the fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, traditionally used as a stimulant.

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