English Explanatory Dictionary

colchicum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
  2. The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.

Word forms

colchicum colchicums

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Colchicum, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).

Related words

colchicine

Translations

Arabic: لَحْلَاح Armenian: շնդեղ Azerbaijani: vaxtsızçiçək Belarusian: познацве́т Belarusian: восе́ннік Bulgarian: мразовец Chinese Mandarin: 秋水仙 Czech: ocún Estonian: sügislill Finnish: myrkkylilja French: colchique German: Zeitlose Hebrew: סתוונית Hungarian: kikerics Icelandic: haustlilja Ido: kolchiko Kazakh: лапыз Polish: zimowit Portuguese: cólquico Russian: безвре́менник Russian: осе́нник Russian: ко́лхикум Upper Sorbian: pózdnička Spanish: cólquico Turkish: acı çiğdem Turkish: çakal çiğdemi Ukrainian: пізньоцві́т
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