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colocynthida

colocynthida [κολοκυνθίς] , colocynth, ‘wild gourd’. b (?) wayfaring tree (Viburnum). c herb (fig.). colochintida, wylde cyrfet Ælf. Gl.; coloquintida ‥ est genus herbe amarissime Bart. Angl. XVII 40; cui flegma est in intestinis, adde coloquin’ et turbith, agar[icum] ‥ Gilb. I 35. 2 (cf. ib. II 43v. 2: bulliant in pomo colloquintid’ vel ciclaminis); si sic recipiatur colloquintida, turbit et agaricum et diagridium ‥ et fiat farmacia composita Bacon IX 115; obliqui in ‘~idis’ breviantur ut ‥ ‘coloquintidis’ in tertio Regum [IV Reg. iv 39] Id. Tert. 262; non detur colloquintida sine mastice et draganto Gad. 13. 1; gelena, i. coloquintida, cucurbita Alexandrina Alph. 73; nepe, herbe, colloquitida, cucurbita PP.  b 9‥ colocinthidae, hundescwelcan WW.  c [Witcleff] proicit coloquintidas amaras in ollam pulmenti catholici Netter DAF II f. 120.

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