‖n. color='#AEB5C0'>[ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_;, the part taken away in mutilation, fr. &unr_; to mutilate. ] (Anat. & Med.) A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft. color='#AEB5C0'>[ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of the arum family, of tropical Asia and the Pacific islands, including the
‖n. (Zool.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]
n. color='#AEB5C0'>[ L. colocynthis, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Coloquintida. ] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus colocynthis,
n. color='#AEB5C0'>[ Cf. F. colocynthine. ] (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]
n. color='#AEB5C0'>[ Originally made in
color='#AEB5C0'>[ From Cologne the city. ] (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]
n. color='#AEB5C0'>[ F. ] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) See Calumbin. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) See Calumba. color='#AEB5C0'>[ 1913 Webster ]