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(n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; - called also colchicia.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Colchicine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/colchicine.html. 1828.
 
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