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Webster 1913 Edition
Colocynth
Col′ocynth
,Noun.
[L.
colocynthis
, Gr. [GREEK]. Cf. Coloquintida
.] (Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (
Citrullus colocynthis
, or Cucumis colocynthis
), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple
, bitter cucumber
, bitter gourd
. Webster 1828 Edition
Colocynth
COLOCYNTH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
colocynth
colocynth
English
Noun
colocynth (plural colocynths)
- A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative.
Synonyms
- (Citrullus colocynthis): bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi, vine of Sodom, desert gourd
Translations
plant or fruit of the Citrullus colocynthis
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