单词 | colchicum |
释义 | colchicum /kol"chi keuhm, kol"ki-/, n. 1. any Old World plant of the genus Colchicum, of the lily family, esp. the autumn crocus, C. autumnale. 2. the dried seeds or corms of this plant. 3. Pharm. a medicine or drug prepared from them, used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of gout. [1590-1600; < NL, L < Gk kolchikón meadow saffron, n. use of neut. of Kolchikós of COLCHIS, appar. by assoc. with Medea, the plant being considered poisonous] |
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