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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1597
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Nux indica. (Med. L. (a 1250); another name for nux vomica (e.m.E., 1578), which was imported from the East Indies.) — 1597 Bk. Rates MS. 8.
Inuarte custumes … nux indica the pund
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