COLCHICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Colchicum mean? 

• COLCHICUM (noun)
  The noun COLCHICUM has 1 sense:

1. chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae

  Familiarity information: COLCHICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLCHICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Colchicum; genus Colchicum

Hypernyms ("Colchicum" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Colchicum"):

autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale; meadow saffron; naked lady (bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe)

Holonyms ("Colchicum" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)

 Context examples 

An alkaloid isolated from Colchicum autumnale L. and used as an antineoplastic.

(Demecolcine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An alkaloid isolated from Colchicum autumnale with anti-gout and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Colchicine, NCI Thesaurus)

It comes from the crocus plant Colchicum autumnale.

(Colchicine, NCI Dictionary)