genus colchicum

1. 1.

   chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae

   SynonymsColchicum

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofLiliaceae

Questions about genus colchicum

What does genus colchicum mean?

genus colchicum means "chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae".

What is another word for genus colchicum?

Close synonyms include Colchicum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus colchicum a common word?

genus colchicum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.