English-Thai Dictionary
colocynth
N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง จำพวก Citrullus colocynthis
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COLOCYNTH
n.The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops, a kind of gourd, from Aleppo and from Crete. It contains a bitter pulp, which is a drastic purge.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COLOCYNTH
Col "ocynth, n. Etym: [L. colocynthis, Gr. Coloquintida. ] (Med. )
Defn: The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, or Cucumis, colocynthis ), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
COLOCYNTHIN
Col `o *cyn "thin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem. )
Defn: The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
New American Oxford Dictionary
colocynth
col o cynth |ˈkäləˌsinTH ˈkɑləsɪnθ | ▶noun a tropical Old World climbing plant of the gourd family, which bears a pulpy fruit and has long been cultivated. Also called bitter apple. [Citrullus colocynthis, family Curcurbitaceae. ] • the fruit of this plant. • a bitter purgative drug obtained from this fruit. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kolokunthis.
Oxford Dictionary
colocynth
colocynth |ˈkɒləsɪnθ | ▶noun a tropical Old World climbing plant of the gourd family, which bears a pulpy fruit. Also called bitter apple. ●Citrullus colocynthis, family Cucurbitaceae. • the fruit of the colocynth plant. • [ mass noun ] a bitter purgative drug obtained from the colocynth fruit. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kolokunthis.
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