Arabic

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جَوْز الْقَيْءTrichilia emetica
 
جَوْز الْقَيْءStrychnos nux-vomica
 جوز القيء on Arabic Wikipedia

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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جَوْز القَيْء (jawz al-qayʔm

  1. mafura (Trichilia emetica)
    Synonyms: رُقَع (ruqaʕ), جَوْز الرُقَع (jawz ar-ruqaʕ)
  2. vomit nut (Strychnos nux-vomica)

Usage notes

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It first referred to the African plant Trichilia emetica and from the sixteenth to seventeenth European century it was replaced by the Southeast Asian Strychnos nux-vomica.

Declension

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References

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  • Amar, Zohar, Lev, Efraim (2016) Arabian Drugs in Medieval Mediterranean Medicine, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 138