Latin definition for: colocynthis, colocynthidos/is

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (purgative)
  2. gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)

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