coloquintida
OTHELLO, i. 3. 347.
“Is the Cucumus Colocynthis, the colocynth gourd or bitter
cucumber. From the fruit of this plant is obtained the well-known bitter and purgative
drug, colocynth,”
Beisly's Shakspere's Garden,
p. 164.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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