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colocynth |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colocynth \Col"ocynth\, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr ?. Cf {Coloquintida}.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber ({Citrullus, 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}.
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