colocynthis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cŏlŏcynthis, ĭdis, f., = κολοκυνθίς,

the colocynth or coloquintida , used as a purgative: Cucumis colocynthis, Linn.; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14; Pall. 1, 35, 9.