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Meaning of colchicum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
countable
The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Colchis Colclasure Colclough Colcord colcothar cold