2. Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.

Nux` vom"i*ca (?). [NL., fr. L. nux &?; nut + vomere to vomit.] 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.

Nuz"zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzied (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling

(?).] [See Noursle.]

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