Colocynth
[kɒlәsinθ]
Definition
(n.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / 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.
Edited by Hamilton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Coloquintida, bitter-apple, bitter-cucumber.
Typist: Robbie
Definition
n. the dried and powdered pulp of a kind of cucumber much used as a purgative.
Checked by Aubrey