Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COL'O-CYNTH
COL'O-CYNTH, n. [Gr. κολοκυνθις.]
The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops, a kind of cucumber, from Aleppo and from Crete. It contains a bitter pulp, which is a drastic purge. Encyc.
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