Associations to the word «Colchicum»

Wiktionary

COLCHICUM, noun. (countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
COLCHICUM, noun. (uncountable) (medicine) The dried seed of saffron (Crocus) used as an analgesic.
COLCHICUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae   — the autumn crocus and similar plants, native to west Asia, Europe and parts of Africa.

Dictionary definition

COLCHICUM, noun. Chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae.

Wise words

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