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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•o•cynth (kol′ə sinth),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya 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.
- Plant Biologythe fruit of this plant.
- [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).
- Greek kolokynthís, variant of kolókyntha bitter gourd, bitter cucumber
- Latin colocynthis
- 1555–65
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