coloquíntida.
(Of thelat.)vulg.coloquintis, East of theTal.(colocynthis - idis, and this of theg ?).
1. f. plant of the family of the Cucurbitáceas with crawling and harfoot stems from two to three meters long, cloven leaves in five toothed lobes, rough, hairy and whitish on the underside, yellow, axillary, solitary flowers.
2. f. fruit of this plant, smooth, of form, color and size of the Orange, very bitter bark used in medicine as purgative.
