A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted
from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or
yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also
colchicia.
A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n....