"colchicum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colchicums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|κολχικόν}} Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} colchicum (countable and uncountable, plural colchicums)
  1. (countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum. Tags: countable
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  2. (uncountable, medicine) The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Categories (lifeform): Liliales order plants
    Sense id: en-colchicum-en-noun-rsneVwmE Disambiguation of Liliales order plants: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 64 5 4 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: colchicine

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