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Definition of Colchicum
1. Noun. Chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Autumn Crocus, Colchicum Autumnale, Meadow Saffron, Naked Lady
Definition of Colchicum
1. n. A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.
Definition of Colchicum
1. Noun. Any of several flowers of the genus ''Colchicum'' ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable medicine) The dried seed of saffron (''Crocus'') used as an analgesic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colchicum
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Medical Definition of Colchicum
1. A genus of poisonous, liliaceous plants. The roots (corms) of colchicum autumnale, the fall crocus or meadow saffron, yield colchicine, which is used as a biochemical tool and to treat gout. Other members of this genus yield saffron dye, flavoring agents, and aromatics. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colchicum
Literary usage of Colchicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
""That this success," he adds, "was, in a great measure, owing to the use of the
colchicum. is evident from the fact, that, in the same district, ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"The colchicum root which I have used, freed from the epidermis, contains twenty-one
... The acetous extract of colchicum, with the starch wholly separated, ..."
3. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The dried corm of colchicum Autumnale (yielding not less than 0.35 per cent, of
colchicin, USP). Dose, 0.25 Gm., 4 gr., USP Ext. Colch. ..."
4. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1886)
"colchicum. WHILE the physiological effects of colchicum are very similar to those of
... Strong preparations of colchicum, applied to the skin, irritate, ..."
5. Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics by William Hale-White (1895)
"colchicum. The sole value of this drug is that it is a specific for gout. ...
Extract of colchicum Root. By maceration and percolation with Acetic Acid and ..."
6. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"The farmers, in certain parts of the country, have had extensive losses from want
of care and knowledge with regard to colchicum poisoning. § 513. ..."
7. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"colchicum is the active ingredient of certain proprietary remedies for the
treatment of gout, ... Poisonous doses of colchicum occasion all the symptoms of ..."
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