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See Souari nut.
Same as Nux vomica.
The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.
A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut.
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A gatherer of nuts.
a.
Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.
n.
The act of gathering nuts.
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The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
v. t.
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Nuzzle
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Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
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Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.
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That which nourishes; nutriment.
imp. & p. p.
of Nuzzle
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Abounding in nuts.
n.
A shell of the genus Nucula.
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A Central American name for the ivory nut.
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Nutrition; nourishment.
a.
Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.
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