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colchicum — col·chi·cum kəm n 1) cap a genus of chiefly fall blooming Old World corm producing herbs (family Liliaceae) that produce flowers resembling crocuses 2) a bulb, flower, or plant (as the autumn crocus) of the genus Colchicum 3) the dried corm or… … Medical dictionary
Colchicum — Col chi*cum, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Colchicum autumnale — Colchicum Col chi*cum, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colchicum — [käl′chi kəm, käl′kikəm] n. [ModL < Gr kolchikon, plant with a poisonous root, after Kolchis,COLCHIS, home of MEDEA] 1. any of a genus (Colchicum) of plants of the lily family, with crocuslike flowers usually blooming in the fall; autumn… … English World dictionary
colchicum — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, a kind of plant with a poisonous root, from Greek kolchikon, literally, product of Colchis Date: 1597 1. any of a genus (Colchicum) of Old World corm producing herbs of the lily family with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Corm — Not to be confused with Corn (disambiguation). Taro corms for sale in a Réunion market A corm (or bulbo tuber, bulbotuber) is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter… … Wikipedia
