Colchicum corm

Colchicum corm
Dried corm of Colchicum autumnale, the botanical source for colchicine, an alkaloidal drug used for the treatment of gout.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Colchicum — speciosum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • Colchicum agrippinum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots …   Wikipedia

  • colchicum — [käl′chi kəm, käl′kikəm] n. [ModL < Gr kolchikon, plant with a poisonous root, after Kolchis,COLCHIS, home of MEDEA] 1. any of a genus (Colchicum) of plants of the lily family, with crocuslike flowers usually blooming in the fall; autumn… …   English World dictionary

  • Corm — Not to be confused with Corn (disambiguation). Taro corms for sale in a Réunion market A corm (or bulbo tuber, bulbotuber) is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter… …   Wikipedia

  • colchicum — col·chi·cum kəm n 1) cap a genus of chiefly fall blooming Old World corm producing herbs (family Liliaceae) that produce flowers resembling crocuses 2) a bulb, flower, or plant (as the autumn crocus) of the genus Colchicum 3) the dried corm or… …   Medical dictionary

  • colchicum — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, a kind of plant with a poisonous root, from Greek kolchikon, literally, product of Colchis Date: 1597 1. any of a genus (Colchicum) of Old World corm producing herbs of the lily family with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • colchicum — [ kɒltʃɪkəm, kɒlk ] noun (plural colchicums) a plant of a genus that includes the autumn crocuses. [Genus Colchicum.] ↘the dried corm or seed of meadow saffron, which is used medicinally. Origin from L., from Gk kolkhikon of Colchis , an ancient… …   English new terms dictionary

  • Colchicum — n. 1 any liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, esp. meadow saffron. 2 its dried corm or seed. Also called autumn crocus. Etymology: L f. Gk kolkhikon of Kolkhis, a region east of the Black Sea …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crocus — For other uses, see Crocus (disambiguation). Crocus Crocus longiflorus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Cyclamen — Wild Cyclamen persicum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”