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Definition of: colocynth
(kol′ə·sinth) noun
1. A Mediterranean vine (Citrullus colocynthis) of the gourd family.
2. Its small gourdlike fruit from which is obtained a cathartic drug: also called bitter apple, coloquintida. [<L colocynthis <Gk. kolokynthē gourd]
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