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noun
Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Colchicum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liliid monocot genus
History
Borrowed from translingual Colchicum, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).
Across languages
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