Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
coloquintida .
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The Arabs nearest to Egypt use the coloquint in venereal complaints; they fill the fruit with camels milk, roast it
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800
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The Arabs nearest to Egypt use the coloquint in venereal complaints; they fill the fruit with camel’s milk, roast it over the fire, and then give to the patient the milk thus impregnated with the essence of the fruit.
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The Arabs nearest to Egypt use the coloquint in venereal complaints; they fill the fruit with camel’s milk, roast it over the fire, and then give to the patient the milk thus impregnated with the essence of the fruit.
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