colocynth noun.
['kɒlǝsɪnƟ] Orig. also in Latin form
colocynthis.
M16.[Latin colocynthis from Greek kolokunthis, -id-: cf. COLOQUINTIDA.]The bitter-apple,
Citrullus colocynthis, a plant of the gourd family, whose pulpy fruit furnishes a bitter purgative drug. Also, the fruit or the drug.
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