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Coloquintida [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The colocynth or bitter apple, the fruit of a plant of the genus Cucumis, a native of Syria and of Crete. It is of the size of a large orange, containing a pulp which is violently purgative, but sometimes useful as a medicine.

Coloquintida [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Colocynth.