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nux



nut
nut


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nux
     1. n. A nut
     2. n. A nut-tree
           Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.
     3. n. A fruit with a hard shell or rind
           Nux amara.
             A bitter almond.
           Castaneae nuces.
             Chestnuts.
           Nux pinea.
             The fruit of the tithymalus.
     4. n. (figuratively) a thing of no value
           Non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosa nuce.
             I should not have bought your life with a vicious worthless thing.
     5. n. (poetic) an almond tree



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