OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49103

colocynth

/ˈkɒ.lə.sɪnθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coloquíntida • tuera
A viny plant, of species Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.
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