crūdĭtas, ātis, f. [crudus] (lit. indigestion; hence, meton.),
I (Effectus pro causa.) An overloading, repletion of the stomach , Cic. Sen. 13, 44; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Fat. 15, 34; Quint. 2, 21, 19; 5, 9, 11; Col. praef. § 16; 6, 6, 1 al.—
B Transf., of plants: arbores laborant et fame et cruditate, superabundance of nutritious juices , Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219.—
II (Abstr. pro concr.) Undigested food : cruditates digerunt daucum, plantago, etc., Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41; cf.: cruditas fructuum, i. e. bitterness , Pall. Febr. 9, 13.