| 单词 | colocynth |
| 释义 | colocynth /kol"euh sinth/, n. 1. a 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. 2. the fruit of this plant. 3. Pharm. 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). [1555-65; < L colocynthis < Gk kolokynthís, var. of KOLÓKYNTHA bitter gourd, bitter cucumber] |
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