colchicum

(kol'chi-kum) (U.S.). Meadow saffron, the dried corm (col'ckici cor'mus, U.S. and Br.), and the seed (col'ckici se'ynen, U.S., col'chid sem'ina, Br.), of Colchicum auiumnale, an herb of central and southern Europe; employed chiefly in the treatment of gout; dose of either corm or seeds, gr. 2-5 (0.13-0.3). The oflEicial preparations (U.S. and Br.) are a tincture made from the seeds, an extract from the corm, a wine from the seed (U.S.) or corm (Br.), and a fiuid-extract from the seed (U.S.).