colchicum
/ˈkɒltʃɪkəm/noun
(pl. colchicums)
1- a plant of a genus that includes the autumn crocuses秋水仙。
1.1
- Genus Colchicum, family Liliaceae.秋水仙属, 百合科。
1.2
- mass noun the dried corm or seed of meadow saffron, which has analgesic properties and is used medicinally, especially as a tincture藏红花的干球茎（或籽）（有止痛性能, 药用, 尤用作酊剂）。
词源
from Latin, from Greek kolkhikon 'of Colchis' （see COLCHIS）, alluding to the skills as a poisoner of the sorceress Medea of Colchis in classical mythology.