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Definitions for: Colocynth
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.