colocynth
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Etymology
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From Latin colocynthis , from Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς ( kolokunthís ) , ultimately Pre-Greek .
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colocynth (countable and uncountable , plural colocynths )
A viny plant , Citrullus colocynthis , native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.
The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative .
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plant or fruit of the Citrullus colocynthis
Arabic: حَنْظَل m ( ḥanẓal ) , عَلْقَم m ( ʕalqam )
Catalan: coloquinta
Czech: kolokvinta obecná f
Finnish: kolokvintti (fi)
French: coloquinte (fr) f
German: Koloquinte f , Pomaquinte f , Purgiergurke f , Bitterapfel m , Echte Zitrulle f , Teufelsapfel m , Koloquintenkürbis m
Hebrew: אֲבַטִּיחַ הַפַּקּוּעָה m ( ʾaḇaṭíaḥ ha-paqqūʿā )
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تاڵکە ( tallke ) , گوژاڵک ( gujallk )
Ottoman Turkish: آجی الما ( acı elma )
Persian: کبست (fa) ( kabast )
Polish: kolokwinta f
Portuguese: colocíntida (pt) f
Punjabi: ਤੁੰਮਾ m ( tummā ) , ਕੌੜਤੁੰਮਾ m ( kauṛtummā )
Russian: колоци́нт (ru) m ( kolocínt ) , колокви́нт (ru) m ( kolokvínt )
Sanskrit: त्रपुस (sa) ( trapusa ) , तारक (sa) ( tāraka )
Spanish: coloquíntida f , tuera f
Swedish: kolokvint c
Turkish: acı elma (tr) , ebücehil karpuzu , acıhıyar , acıkavun , it hıyarı (tr)
Ukrainian: колоци́нт m ( kolocýnt ) , колокви́нт m ( kolokvýnt )
Volapük: ( plant ) kolozünt , ( fruit ) kolozüntafluk
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