colchicum

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noun

Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.

Origintranslingual Colchicum ← Latin colchicum ← Ancient Greek κολχικόν →
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Meanings

nouncolchicum (countable and uncountable, plural colchicums)

plural colchicums

  1. countableAny of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
  2. uncountablemedicineThe dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.

    Book VI deals with surgery, including an account of tracheotomy, and a final long book is taken up with drugs, including the use of colchicum for gout.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 87

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκολχικόν
  2. Latincolchicum
  3. translingualColchicum
  4. Englishcolchicum

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

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Translations

Arabic لَحْلَاح
  • لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)Colchicum-genus plant
Bulgarian мразовец
  • мразовец (mrazovec)Colchicum-genus plant
Chinese Mandarin 秋水仙
  • 秋水仙 (qiūshuǐxiān)Colchicum-genus plant
Czech ocún
  • ocúnColchicum-genus plant
Estonian sügislill
  • sügislillColchicum-genus plant
Finnish myrkkylilja
  • myrkkyliljaColchicum-genus plant
French colchique
  • colchiqueColchicum-genus plant
German Zeitlose
  • ZeitloseColchicum-genus plant
Hebrew סתוונית
  • סתוונית (sitvanít)Colchicum-genus plant
Hungarian kikerics
  • kikericsColchicum-genus plant
Icelandic haustlilja
  • haustliljaColchicum-genus plant
Polish zimowit
  • zimowitColchicum-genus plant
Portuguese cólquico
  • cólquicoColchicum-genus plant
Russian безвре́менник, осе́нник
  • безвре́менник (bezvrémennik)Colchicum-genus plant
  • осе́нник (osénnik)Colchicum-genus plant
  • ко́лхикум (kólxikum)Colchicum-genus plant
Spanish cólquico
  • cólquicoColchicum-genus plant
Turkish acı çiğdem, çakal çiğdemi
  • acı çiğdemColchicum-genus plant
  • çakal çiğdemiColchicum-genus plant
Ukrainian пізньоцві́т
  • пізньоцві́т (piznʹocvít)Colchicum-genus plant
Cite this entry
APA

colchicum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colchicum

MLA

“colchicum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colchicum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colchicum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colchicum.

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