Associations to the word «Colchicum»
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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.
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