colquicáceo, a.
(Of colchicum, a genus of plants).
1. adj. Bot. Says of the herbs in the family of the Liliaceae, perennial, bulbous root, radical, entire, envainadoras leaves, radical or axillary flowers in common or stalk, almost always engorged fruit, and seeds in large number with albumen fleshy or hard; e.g., the cólquico and the white Hellebore. U t. c. s. f.