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Col"ber*tine (?), n. [From Jean
Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged
the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace.
[Obs.]

Pinners edged with colbertine.

Swift.

Difference rose between

Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine.

Young.

Col"chi*cine (? or ?), n. [Cf. F.
colchicine.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable
alkaloid, C₁₇H₁₉NO₅, extracted
from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a
white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste;
-- called also colchicia.

Col"chi*cum (?), n. [L., a plant
with a poisonous root, fr. Colchicus Colchian, fr.
Colchis, Gr. &?;, an ancient province in Asia, east of the
Black Sea, where was the home of Media the sorceress.]
(Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many
parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

&fist; Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds,
and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale
(meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and
rheumatism.


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