coloquintida

[ kol-uh-kwin-ti-duh ]

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noun

coloquintida

/ ˌkɒləˈkwɪntɪdə /

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Greek kolokýnthida, accusative of kolokynthís colocynth

C14: from Medieval Latin, from colocynthid- colocynth

The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida.

Coloquinthe; The wilde and fleme-purging Citrull Coloquintida.

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