Cŏc'cu-lŭs Ĭn'di-cŭs, n.

Cŏc'cu-lŭs Ĭn'di-cŭs, n. [N. Lat. cocculus, dim. of coccum, berry. See supra.] (Bot.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It has narcotic and stimulating qualities, and is used in the form of a paste to intoxicate fish, also to give bitterness and inebriating qualities to malt liquors. Johnston.