Colchicum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Colchicum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Colchicum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colchicum n chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae Synonym(s): Colchicum, genus Colchicum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colchicum \Col"chicum\, n. [L., a plant with a poisonous root, fr. Colchicus Colchian, fr. Colchis, Gr. [?], an ancient province in Asia, east of the Black Sea, where was the home of Media the sorceress.] (Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. Note: Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the {Colchicum* autumnale} (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.