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COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Colchicum autumnale mean?
• COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE (noun)
The noun COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE has 1 sense:
1. bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
Familiarity information: COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale; meadow saffron; naked lady
Hypernyms ("Colchicum autumnale" is a kind of...):
bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)
Holonyms ("Colchicum autumnale" is a member of...):
Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)
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)
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