Nūx vōm'i-că

[N. Lat., fr. nux, a nut, and vomĭ-cus, from vomere, to vomit.] The seed of Strychnos nux-vomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poison known as strychnine and nux vomica is extracted.