Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuces vomicae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nuces vom-i-cae
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of nux vomica

Example Sentences

"ʒ iii. [3 drams] of the shavings of Nuces Vomicae"
"Dr. Cramer found, that by dividing the nuces vomicæ into very minute pieces, by steeping them long in hot water, and bruising them repeatedly in a mortar, he could extract much more strychnium from a given quantity of the article, […]"
"These seeds, the nuces vomicæ, have a little umbilicus on their concave ventral surface, and, amidst the horny grey albumen towards the margin, lies the white embryo, with two heart-shaped, thin cotyledons."
"POWERED NUX VOMICA— Source—From the seed of the Nuces Vomicae."

Questions

What does nuces vomicae mean?: plural of nux vomica

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