colocynth

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col·o·cynth

C0485800 (kŏl′ə-sĭnth′)n.1. A tendril-bearing Old World vine (Citrullus colocynthis) bearing yellowish, green-mottled fruits the size of small lemons.2. The fruit of this plant, whose dried, bitter, spongy pulp is a very strong laxative. In both senses also called bitter apple.

[Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from kolokunthē, round gourd.]

colocynth

(ˈkɒləsɪnθ) n1. (Plants) a cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the Mediterranean region and Asia, having bitter-tasting fruit2. (Pharmacology) the dried fruit pulp of this plant, used as a strong purgative German name: bitter apple [C17: from Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from kolokunthē gourd, of obscure origin]

col•o•cynth

(ˈkɒl ə sɪnθ)

n. 1. Also called bitter apple. a Mediterranean and S Asian plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the gourd family, bearing a round, yellow or green fruit with a bitter pulp. 2. a drug derived from the pulp of the fruit, used as a purgative. [1555–65; < Latin colocynthis < Greek kolokynthís, variant of kolókyntha bitter gourd]

Translations

колоквинтколоцинтколоцинтовый

Colocynth

(Citrullus colocynthis), a perennial prostrate or climbing herbaceous plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. It is also known as bitter apple. The leaves are deeply pinnatipartite, with five to seven pinnately lobed segments. The plants are monoecious. The flowers are unisexual, yellow, and five-lobed. The fruits are yellow and spherical, measuring 7–12 cm in diameter; they have a dry bitter flesh. Colocynth grows in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Southwest Asia as far as India. In the USSR it grows in Turkmenia as an imported annual weed; it is sometimes cultivated in botanical gardens in Middle Asia and Transcaucasia. The fruits contain the glycoside colocynthin, which is a strong laxative.

colocynth

col·o·cynth

(kol'ō-sinth), The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb that grows on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. Synonym(s): bitter apple [G. kolokynthē, the round gourd or pumpkin]

colocynth

A drastic purgative drug, no longer in use.

单词	colocynth
释义	colocynth enUK col·o·cynth C0485800 (kŏl′ə-sĭnth′)n.1. A tendril-bearing Old World vine (Citrullus colocynthis) bearing yellowish, green-mottled fruits the size of small lemons.2. The fruit of this plant, whose dried, bitter, spongy pulp is a very strong laxative. In both senses also called bitter apple. [Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from kolokunthē, round gourd.] colocynth (ˈkɒləsɪnθ) n1. (Plants) a cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the Mediterranean region and Asia, having bitter-tasting fruit2. (Pharmacology) the dried fruit pulp of this plant, used as a strong purgative German name: bitter apple [C17: from Latin colocynthis, from Greek kolokunthis, from kolokunthē gourd, of obscure origin] col•o•cynth (ˈkɒl ə sɪnθ) n. 1. Also called bitter apple. a Mediterranean and S Asian plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the gourd family, bearing a round, yellow or green fruit with a bitter pulp. 2. a drug derived from the pulp of the fruit, used as a purgative. [1555–65; < Latin colocynthis < Greek kolokynthís, variant of kolókyntha bitter gourd] Translations колоквинтколоцинтколоцинтовый Colocynth enUK Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis), a perennial prostrate or climbing herbaceous plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. It is also known as bitter apple. The leaves are deeply pinnatipartite, with five to seven pinnately lobed segments. The plants are monoecious. The flowers are unisexual, yellow, and five-lobed. The fruits are yellow and spherical, measuring 7–12 cm in diameter; they have a dry bitter flesh. Colocynth grows in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Southwest Asia as far as India. In the USSR it grows in Turkmenia as an imported annual weed; it is sometimes cultivated in botanical gardens in Middle Asia and Transcaucasia. The fruits contain the glycoside colocynthin, which is a strong laxative. colocynth enUK col·o·cynth (kol'ō-sinth), The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb that grows on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. Synonym(s): bitter apple [G. kolokynthē, the round gourd or pumpkin] colocynth A drastic purgative drug, no longer in use.
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