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- Colocynth - 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.
- Colocynthin - n. - The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.