Definition of colocynth
English to English noun - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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colocynth, coelacanth, coalescent, clocksmith, chilognath, chilognatha, chalcanthite, coloquintida, calcinate, close-knit, caulescent, cola acuminata, colliquament, closemouthed, cellulose xanthate, closehanded, close-minded, causal agent, class channidae, class echinoidea
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