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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Cf. F.

colchicine

(Chem.)

A powerful vegetable alkaloid,

C17H19NO5

, extracted from the

Colchicum autumnale

, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; – called also

colchicia