colchicum
See also: Colchicum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).
Noun
editcolchicum (countable and uncountable, plural colchicums)
- (countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
- (uncountable, medicine) The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 87:
- 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.
Related terms
editLatin
editAdjective
editcolchicum
- inflection of colchicus: