[f. COLCHIC-UM + -INE.] An organic alkaloid C17 H19 NO5, found in all parts of the Colchicum autumnale.
1853. Pharmac. Jrnl., XIII. 134. Codeine … veratrine, emetine, colchicine.
1885. Daily News, 15 Oct., 5/7. The charge against him is of having poisoned his wife with colchicine, with the object of marrying her apprentice.
