Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peculiar principle obtained from colocynth, and present to a greater or less extent in many plants of the gourd family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
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- noun organic chemistry The
active medicinal principle ofcolocynth ; a bitter yellow crystalline substance, regarded as aglucoside .
Etymologies
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colocynth + -in. Compare French colocynthine.
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