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单词 colchicum
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colchicumn.

/ˈkɒlkɪkəm/vulgarly/ˈkɒltʃɪkəm/
Etymology: Latin; < Greek κολχικόν meadow-saffron, neuter of κολχικός Colchian, of Colchis, ancient name of a region east of the Black Sea. The name had reference to the poisonous arts of the legendary Medea of Colchis, in reference to whom ‘venena Colchica’ was a common phrase of the Roman writers.
1. Botany. A genus of liliaceous plants, the best known species of which C. autumnale, the Meadow-saffron, is found wild in some parts of England.It blooms in autumn with a light purplish mottled flower superficially resembling the crocus. The corms, seeds and flowers contain an acrid, stimulating, deleterious principle, on account of which they are used in medicine.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > autumn crocus
wood-lilya1400
saffron of the spring1548
meadow saffron1551
hermodactyl1578
Mercury's finger1589
colchicum1597
autumn crocus1629
naked ladies1668
naked boysa1697
upstart1852
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 130 Medow Saffron or Colchicum, groweth..in the Ile Colchis, whereof it tooke his name.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 71 in Sylva Take up some Anemonies..Fritillaria, and Colchicums.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 31 Exterminate the bulbs of the colchica.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 386 Colchicum resembles a crocus in appearance, but is known by its 6 stamens.
attributive.1868 J. F. Royle & F. W. Headland Man. Materia Med. (ed. 5) 676 Colchicum Root is used fresh and dry.1868 J. F. Royle & F. W. Headland Man. Materia Med. (ed. 5) 677 Tincture of Colchicum seed.
2. A medicine containing the active principle of this plant, used especially in gout and rheumatic affections.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for arthritis, rheumatism, or gout > plant-derived
colchicum1778
cattimandoo1851
1778 A. Rees Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) I. (at cited word) The medicinal virtues of colchicum.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 534 It is possible that the colchicum may act by a specific power.
a1845 S. Smith Mod. Changes in Wks. (1859) II. 332/2 If I had the gout, there was no colchicum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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