Definition of Colchicum. Meaning of Colchicum. Synonyms of Colchicum

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Definition of Colchicum

Colchicum
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 parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. Note: Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.

Meaning of Colchicum from wikipedia

- Colchi**** (/ˈkɒltʃɪkəm/ KOL-chik-əm or /ˈkɒlkɪkəm/ KOL-kik-əm) is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from...
- Colchi**** autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked boys or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles...
- Colchi**** bulbocodium, the spring meadow saffron, is a species of alpine bulbous plant native to mountain ranges across Europe from the Pyrenees to the...
- Colchi**** luteum, the yellow colchi****, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to Central Asia, Afghanistan, ****stan, the...
-  grandiflorum and E. pinnatum subsp. colchi**** E. × warleyense Stearn, hybrid between E. alpinum and E. pinnatum subsp. colchi**** E. × youngianum Fisch & C.A.Mey...
- Colchi**** variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places. Colchi**** variegatum is a perennial herb forming...
- Colchi**** trigynum is a species of plant native to Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus, often grown as an ornamental plant outside its native range. Kew World...
- Colchi**** hungari****, po****rly known as the Hungarian crocus, is a species of Colchi**** found in Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and...
- Colchi**** alpinum, the alpine autumn crocus, is a corm-forming perennial with pale, delicate rosy-purple flowers, similar to C. autumnale but smaller...
- Colchi**** parlatoris is a small species of flowering plant native to Greece. It has dark-purple pink flowers on short stems bearing prominent yellow stamens...