colocynthn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒləsɪnθ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑləˌsɪnθ/

Forms: Also 1500s colocinthis, 1600s colocynthis.

Etymology: < Latin colocynthis (formerly also in English use, with plural -ides , and variant -ida ), < Greek κολοκυνθίς (Dioscorides). In medieval Latin the Greek κυ was commonly represented by qui , hence the forms coloquint n., coloquintida n.

The Bitter-apple ( Citrullus colocynthis), a widely-cultivated plant of the Gourd family, the fruit of which is about the size of an orange, and contains a light spongy and extremely bitter pulp, furnishing the well-known purgative drug. Also the fruit of this plant, and the drug prepared from it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > bitter-apple plant or berry

wild vinea1382

coloquintidaa1398

coloquintc1420

wild gourd1540

colocynth1565

coloquinto1683

coloquintid1732

bitter gourd1755

bitter cucumber1811

karela1839

bitter-apple1865

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > colocynth

coloquintidaa1398

coloquintc1420

wild gourd1540

colocynth1565

coloquinto1683

coloquintid1732

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived

scammonyc1000

lign-aloesc1374

hiera picra1379

rhubarbc1390

aloea1398

cassia fistulaa1398

coloquintidaa1398

senec1400

turpethc1400

coloquintc1420

diagrydium1436

lignum aloes1525

rhabarbarum1533

xylaloes1540

manna1541

scilla1548

hyera?1550

emblic1555

diasenna1562

colocynth1565

tragonce1575

pinyon1577

mechoacan1587

lignum aquilae1600

gamboge1615

dragon-root1621

helleborism1621

diaprune1625

alhandal1630

makinboy1652

luskard1653

diagrydiate1657

physic nut1657

aloetic1661

scammoniate1665

jalap1675

aloedary1683

coloquinto1683

Briançon manna1688

liquorice powder1712

coloquintid1732

castor oil1746

senna-tea1752

higry pigry1773

Turkey rhubarb1789

argel1803

hickery-pickery1816

cathartin1823

aloin1828

croton oil1829

jalapin1832

syrmaea1833

bryonin1836

gambogic acid1837

Podophyllum1844

podophyllin1851

geropiga1852

hicra picra1857

Montpellier turpeth1860

picra1860

tallicoona oil1866

scammonin1868

pharbitisin1873

cascara sagrada1879

senna-draught1879

tambor-oil1890

syrup of figs1897

pharbitin1899

α. in Latin forms.

1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Eeeiiij^v By a little meale, the bitternesse of Colocinthis was cured in the potage pot.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings iv. 39 He found as it were a wilde vine, and gathered of it the colocynthides of the field [L. colocynthidas agri].

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Colocynthida, or coloquintida, a bitter purging gourd or apple.

1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §13 in Anat. Plants 240 The great Cathartick power of Colocynthis.

β. colocynth.a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Suppl. Course Serm. (1678) 93 Abuse your Flocks, and feed them with Colocynths and Hemlocke.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coloquintida Troches made of Colocynth, are called Troches of Alhandal.1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 469 Colocynth is rarely, if ever, used alone, but is given in combination..with milder purgatives, to increase their activity.c1878 Oxf. Bible Helps 215 The colocynth..grows wild in profusion about Gilgal. It is supposed also to be the vine of Sodom.

Compounds

attributive, as colocynth-pill, colocynth-pith, colocynth-pulp, etc.

ΚΠ

1818 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory (ed. 2) iii. 704 Compound Colocynth Pills. Take..colocynth pulp, four parts.

Derivatives

coloˈcynthein n. a resin-like substance formed on boiling colocynthin with sulphuric acid.

ΚΠ

1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1085 Colocynthin boiled with acids is resolved, according to Walz, into sugar..and colocynthein.

1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Colocynthein.

coloˈcynthite n. = colocynthin n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun]

quassin1819

colocynthin1830

plumbagin1830

colocynthite1838

quassite1838

amarine1839

rhamnin1843

maticin1844

limonin1845

serpentarin1847

rubian1848

humulin1854

pinipicrin1859

ilicin1861

physalin1863

scrophularin1868

lobelacrin1874

berberia1876

berberine1876

citrulline1882

tigline1900

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 709 Colocynthite is contained in the fruit of the cucumis colocynthis.

coloˈcynthitin n. (see quot. 1863).

ΚΠ

1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1085 [When] the alcoholic extract of bitter apple..is treated with water, colocynthitin remains undissolved... It is soluble in ether.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colocynth
释义	colocynthn. Brit. /ˈkɒləsɪnθ/, U.S. /ˈkɑləˌsɪnθ/ Forms: Also 1500s colocinthis, 1600s colocynthis. Etymology: < Latin colocynthis (formerly also in English use, with plural -ides , and variant -ida ), < Greek κολοκυνθίς (Dioscorides). In medieval Latin the Greek κυ was commonly represented by qui , hence the forms coloquint n., coloquintida n. The Bitter-apple ( Citrullus colocynthis), a widely-cultivated plant of the Gourd family, the fruit of which is about the size of an orange, and contains a light spongy and extremely bitter pulp, furnishing the well-known purgative drug. Also the fruit of this plant, and the drug prepared from it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > bitter-apple plant or berry wild vinea1382 coloquintidaa1398 coloquintc1420 wild gourd1540 colocynth1565 coloquinto1683 coloquintid1732 bitter gourd1755 bitter cucumber1811 karela1839 bitter-apple1865 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > colocynth coloquintidaa1398 coloquintc1420 wild gourd1540 colocynth1565 coloquinto1683 coloquintid1732 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived scammonyc1000 lign-aloesc1374 hiera picra1379 rhubarbc1390 aloea1398 cassia fistulaa1398 coloquintidaa1398 senec1400 turpethc1400 coloquintc1420 diagrydium1436 lignum aloes1525 rhabarbarum1533 xylaloes1540 manna1541 scilla1548 hyera?1550 emblic1555 diasenna1562 colocynth1565 tragonce1575 pinyon1577 mechoacan1587 lignum aquilae1600 gamboge1615 dragon-root1621 helleborism1621 diaprune1625 alhandal1630 makinboy1652 luskard1653 diagrydiate1657 physic nut1657 aloetic1661 scammoniate1665 jalap1675 aloedary1683 coloquinto1683 Briançon manna1688 liquorice powder1712 coloquintid1732 castor oil1746 senna-tea1752 higry pigry1773 Turkey rhubarb1789 argel1803 hickery-pickery1816 cathartin1823 aloin1828 croton oil1829 jalapin1832 syrmaea1833 bryonin1836 gambogic acid1837 Podophyllum1844 podophyllin1851 geropiga1852 hicra picra1857 Montpellier turpeth1860 picra1860 tallicoona oil1866 scammonin1868 pharbitisin1873 cascara sagrada1879 senna-draught1879 tambor-oil1890 syrup of figs1897 pharbitin1899 α. in Latin forms. 1565 J. Hall Hist. Expost. in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. Eeeiiij^v By a little meale, the bitternesse of Colocinthis was cured in the potage pot. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings iv. 39 He found as it were a wilde vine, and gathered of it the colocynthides of the field [L. colocynthidas agri]. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Colocynthida, or coloquintida, a bitter purging gourd or apple. 1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §13 in Anat. Plants 240 The great Cathartick power of Colocynthis. β. colocynth.a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Suppl. Course Serm. (1678) 93 Abuse your Flocks, and feed them with Colocynths and Hemlocke.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coloquintida Troches made of Colocynth, are called Troches of Alhandal.1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 469 Colocynth is rarely, if ever, used alone, but is given in combination..with milder purgatives, to increase their activity.c1878 Oxf. Bible Helps 215 The colocynth..grows wild in profusion about Gilgal. It is supposed also to be the vine of Sodom. Compounds attributive, as colocynth-pill, colocynth-pith, colocynth-pulp, etc. ΚΠ 1818 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory (ed. 2) iii. 704 Compound Colocynth Pills. Take..colocynth pulp, four parts. Derivatives coloˈcynthein n. a resin-like substance formed on boiling colocynthin with sulphuric acid. ΚΠ 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1085 Colocynthin boiled with acids is resolved, according to Walz, into sugar..and colocynthein. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Colocynthein. coloˈcynthite n. = colocynthin n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun] quassin1819 colocynthin1830 plumbagin1830 colocynthite1838 quassite1838 amarine1839 rhamnin1843 maticin1844 limonin1845 serpentarin1847 rubian1848 humulin1854 pinipicrin1859 ilicin1861 physalin1863 scrophularin1868 lobelacrin1874 berberia1876 berberine1876 citrulline1882 tigline1900 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 709 Colocynthite is contained in the fruit of the cucumis colocynthis. coloˈcynthitin n. (see quot. 1863). ΚΠ 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1085 [When] the alcoholic extract of bitter apple..is treated with water, colocynthitin remains undissolved... It is soluble in ether. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1565
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