SC - Questions on Sekainjabin

[Marilyn Traber]

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
> 
> Bang on.  As a cute little side note, apparently the seeds are used to make
> a gout remedy known as colchicine.

Which is, in turn, as I recall from an elementary school science fair
project, a mutagen in some plants, resulting in the production of giant
marigolds...I believe there's an island in the Mediterranean somewhere
called Colchis, presumably related in some way, linguistically.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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