colchicum
/kol-chi-kuhm, kol-ki-/US // ˈkɒl tʃɪ kəm, ˈkɒl kɪ- //UK // (ˈkɒltʃɪkəm, ˈkɒlkɪ-) //
秋葵,秋水仙,秋水仙碱,秋水仙花
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any Old World plant of the genus Colchicum, of the lily family, especially the autumn crocus, C. autumnale.
- : the dried seeds or corms of this plant.
- : Pharmacology. a medicine or drug prepared from them, used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of gout.
Examples
All the preparations of colchicum are poisonous in large doses.
This extract is given in the usual cases in which colchicum is employed.
Some cause violent pain, as colchicum, hellebore, and aconite.
She and it belonged to his first volume, and neither crocus nor colchicum had been added at the date of which I write.
A mixture of wine of colchicum, wine of opium, and tincture of saffron.
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