Colchicum autumnale

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Colchicum autumnale,

n See meadow saffron.

Colchicum autumnale

toxic plant in the family Liliaceae; a cultivated plant that does survive also in the wild. Causes severe, often fatal, enteritis, characterized by diarrhea and abdominal pain. It contains two poisonous alkaloids, colchicine and colchiceine. Called also meadow saffron, saffron, autumn crocus.

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autumn crocus colchiceine colchicine demecolcine meadow saffron naked ladies saffron			The delightful, if rather transitory, Colchicum autumnale, autumn crocus, has a list of medicinal uses for its corms and seeds that will rival any modern antibiotic but, be warned - even when you plant the corms in midsummer they may cause an allergic reaction with some people's skin - wear gloves when handling the corms GARDENING: Garden gems to provide a cure for many ailments by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Naked ladies, more prosaically known as meadow saffron and scientifically identified as Colchicum autumnale, were formerly rare here and have probably been extinct as truly wild natives in County Durham for two centuries, but they do turn up from time to time as garden escapes. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The most popular garden kinds include: * Colchicum autumnale, which has pink blooms 5cm (2in) wide and 18cm (7in) tall, followed by 25cm (10in) leaves. Autumn flower brings spring atmosphere by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			coital vesicular exanthema coition Coitolimia coitophobia coitus coitus interruptus coitus reservatus Coix lachryma-jobi Coke Coke bottles Coke Bugs Coke's hartebeest Cokeromyces COL col(o)- col- Cola acuminata Cola nitida Colace colation ColBENEMID Colbred Colcemid colchiceine colchicine Colchicum autumnale cold cold abscess cold agglutination cold agglutinin cold agglutinin disease Cold agglutinins cold agglutinins test Cold Bath cold caloric irrigation Cold Case cold cautery Cold Chain cold compress Cold Cone Biopsy Cold Cup Forceps cold environment cold expression cold hemoglobinuria Cold Hit cold hypersensitivity Cold Injury cold laser cold mist tent cold nodule cold pack			Colchester Quaker Housing Association Colchester Rape Crisis Line Colchester Residential Services Society Colchester Road Baptist Church Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester Shotokan Karate Club Colchester United Community Sports Trust Colchester United Football Club Colchester Youth Chamber Orchestra Colchester, England Colchester, England Colchester, Essex Colchester, Essex Colchian Colchian Colchian culture Colchian Kingdom Colchians Colchians Colchicaceae colchiceine colchicine colchicine colchicine Colchicine Sensitivity Colchicum Colchicum Colchicum alkaloid Colchicum alkaloid Colchicum alkaloid Colchicum autumnale colchicums colchicums Colchincine Colchincine Colchincine Colchis Colchis Colchis Academy Colchis Lowland Colchis Lowland Colchis Lowlands COLCO COLCOCA Colcom Access Test System Colcoscopy Colcoscopy Colcoscopy colcothar colcothar COLCPE cold cold cold cold cold cold cold (or cold water) anemia cold (or cold water) anemia cold (or cold water) anemia Cold (virus)

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