colchicum

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Definition of colchicum

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
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noun

  1. (countable)Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
  2. (uncountable)The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
    “Book VI deals with surgery, including an account of tracheotomy, and a final long book is taken up with drugs, including the use of colchicum for gout.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Colchicum, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).

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