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Webster 1913 Edition

Coloquintida

Colˊo-quin′ti-da

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Noun.
See
Colocynth
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Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coloquintida

COLOQUINTIDA

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Noun.
The colocynth or bitter apple, the fruit of a plant of the genus Cucumis, a native of Syria and of Crete. It is of the size of a large orange, containing a pulp which is violently purgative, but sometimes useful as a medicine.

Definition 2024

coloquintida

coloquintida

English

Noun

coloquintida ‎(plural coloquintidas)

  1. (obsolete) colocynth
    ...the food / that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be / to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. — Shakespeare.

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