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Meaning Of 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.