COLOCYNTH Definition & Meaning

colocynth

[kol-uh-sinth]

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noun

a plant, Citrullus colocynthis, belonging to the gourd family, of the warmer parts of Asia, the Mediterranean region, etc., bearing a round, yellow or green fruit with a bitter pulp.
the fruit of this plant.
Pharmacology.��the drug derived from the pulp of the unripe but full-grown fruit of this plant, used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.

colocynth

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noun

a cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the Mediterranean region and Asia, having bitter-tasting fruit
the dried fruit pulp of this plant, used as a strong purgative

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of colocynth¹

1555–65; < Latin colocynthis < Greek ��Ǳ��ǰ��Գٳ�í��, variant of ��Ǳ�ó��Գٳ� bitter gourd, bitter cucumber

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of colocynth¹

C17: from Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from ��Ǳ��ǰ�ܲԳٳ�ŧ gourd, of obscure origin

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Aloes are, perhaps, the best, combined with colocynth; the dose will vary with the size of the animal.

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It is a dead flat of uninhabited earth; orange colocynth balls, a little wormwood, and some alkaline plants which camels eat, being its chief products.

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Apricot oil in the Himalayas, sunflower oil, oil of cucumber-seed for cooking and lamps, oil of colocynth seed, a lamp oil.

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