English Explanatory Dictionary

colocynthin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cucurbitane glucoside isolated from, and acting as the active medicinal principle of, colocynth. It is a bitter yellow crystalline substance.

Word forms

colocynthin

Etymology

From colocynth + -in. Compare French colocynthine.

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