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Definition of Colocynth

Colocynth
Colocynth Col"ocynth, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf. Coloquintida.] (Med.) 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.

Meaning of Colocynth from wikipedia

- many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cu****ber, egusi, vine of Sodom, or wild gourd, is...
- disagree whether the word is used more properly for the seeds of the colocynth, those of a particular large-seeded variety of the watermelon, or generically...
- Citrullus amarus Schrad. – citron melon Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. – colocynth Citrullus ecirrhosus Cogn. – tendril-less melon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb...
- eye, are bitter to the taste. Another conjecture equates it with the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis). Its fruit are called Vine of Sodom, which, although...
- with astounding clarity". The name comes from the Arabic word for the colocynth (Arabic: حنظل, romanized: ḥanẓal), a perennial plant native to the Levant...
- Palestinian nation. Other plants including za'atar (thyme) and handal (colocynth) and traditional Palestinian crafts such as tatreez (Palestinian embroidery)...
- (gladiolus), Dragantea (dragon arum), Anesum (aniseed), Coloquentidas (colocynth), Solsequiam (heliotrope), Ameum (meum athamanti****), Silum (seseli),...
- chestnut Chilean hazel Egusi and other squash and melon seeds, including: Colocynth Malabar gourd Pepita Ugu Guinea peanut Hazelnuts, including: Filbert Hickory...
- describes many drugs known to be effective, including aconite, aloes, colocynth, colchi****, henbane, opium and squill. In total, about 600 plants are...
- Handal (Arabic: حنضل, meaning "bitter colocynth") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Esteban Handal Perez (born 1965), Honduran politician...