Meanings
plural physic nuts · alternative physick-nut · alternative physick nut · alternative physic-nut
- A small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha curcas) with poisonous seeds, cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.
Synonyms: Barbados nut, purging nut
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha curcas) with poisonous seeds, cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish öljyjatropa
- öljyjatropasmall tree
French pourghère
- pourghèresmall tree
Japanese ナンヨウアブラギリ
- ナンヨウアブラギリ (nan'yō-aburagiri)small tree
Spanish piñón de tempate, jatrofa
- piñón de tempatesmall tree
- jatrofasmall tree
Turkish kürkas, Hint fıstığı
- kürkassmall tree
- Hint fıstığısmall tree
Cite this entry
physic nut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physic%20nut
“physic nut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physic%20nut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physic nut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physic%20nut.
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