colloquintide (s.xiii2/4)
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colloquintide (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  colocynthis 2/ii,919b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: coloquintide 2,573 DEAF:  coloquinte (coloquintide)  DMF:  coloquintide  TLF: ∅ OED:  coloquintida n.  MED:  coloquint(ide n.  DMLBS:  colocynthida 384a
colloquintida,  coloquintide,  coloquintida  

a.

1pharm.med.colocynth, bitter-apple, Citrullus colocynthis, plant of the gourd family from which is made a purgative medicament: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez agaricum, la sustance colloquintide, […]  i 223
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  A la cervelle fait bien boen air et cler, sens vent, sens fumee, sens nuee, aloé, time, aloigne, agarike, coloquintida, séné  248.S46.2
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  La materie défié seit purgé oveke ces piles: [...] pulpe colloquintide scrupulum unum  ii 145.47
( s.xivin )  Un herbe qe est appelle colloquintida [...] cel herbe est trop venimeuse e tue la gentA  118
pume de colloquintide
1bot.fruitfruit of the colocynth: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  et les boilliez en une pome de coloquintida  i 163
colloquinde 
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