physic nut 名詞



 Phys·ic n.
 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term, superseded by medicine. [archaic]  “A doctor of physik.”
 2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
 3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
 4. A physician. [R.]
 Physic nut Bot., a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.


 physic nut
      n : small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a
          tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a
          purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities [syn:
           Jatropha curcus]