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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Colocynth
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(n.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Colocynth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/colocynth.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Colocynth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/colocynth.html. 1828.
