colchicum en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Colchicum, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).
Meanings
- (countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
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(uncountable) The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
Book VI deals with surgery, including an account of tracheotomy, and a final long book is taken up with drugs, including the use of colchicum for gout.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| colchicums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (27)
uk пізньоцві́т (Colchicum-genus plant) · tr acı çiğdem (Colchicum-genus plant) · he סתוונית (Colchicum-genus plant) · ru безвре́менник (Colchicum-genus plant) · az vaxtsızçiçək (Colchicum-genus plant) · be восе́ннік (Colchicum-genus plant) · be познацве́т (Colchicum-genus plant) · hsb pózdnička (Colchicum-genus plant) · pt cólquico (Colchicum-genus plant) · es cólquico (Colchicum-genus plant) · io kolchiko (Colchicum-genus plant) · et sügislill (Colchicum-genus plant) · ru осе́нник (Colchicum-genus plant) · fr colchique (Colchicum-genus plant) · ru ко́лхикум (Colchicum-genus plant) · cmn 秋水仙 (Colchicum-genus plant) · bg мразовец (Colchicum-genus plant) · tr çakal çiğdemi (Colchicum-genus plant) · is haustlilja (Colchicum-genus plant) · kk лапыз (Colchicum-genus plant) · de Zeitlose (Colchicum-genus plant) · cs ocún (Colchicum-genus plant) · ar لَحْلَاح (Colchicum-genus plant) · pl zimowit (Colchicum-genus plant) · fi myrkkylilja (Colchicum-genus plant) · hy շնդեղ (Colchicum-genus plant) · hu kikerics (Colchicum-genus plant)