| 单词 | colocynth |
| 释义 | colocynth[ kol-uh-sinth ] / ˈkɒl ə sɪnθ / nouna 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. Also called bitter apple (for defs. 1, 2). Origin of colocynth1555–65; <Latin colocynthis<Greek kolokynthís, variant of kolókyntha bitter gourd, bitter cucumber Words nearby colocynthcolobus, colocate, colocentesis, colocholecystostomy, colocolostomy, colocynth, coloenteritis, colog, cologarithm, cologne, Cologne brown Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for colocynthBritish Dictionary definitions for colocynthcolocynth / (ˈkɒləsɪnθ) / nouna 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 German name: bitter apple Word Origin for colocynthC17: from Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from kolokunthē gourd, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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