cŏlŏcynthis

ĭdis, f.
I. the colocynth or coloquintida, used as a purgative: Cucumis colocynthis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14; Pall. 1, 35, 9.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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