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- Colchicine [r]: Poisonous, pale-yellow alkaloid obtained from the seed capsules, corms, and bulbs of the meadow saffron, used in plant breeding to induce chromosome doubling and in medicine to treat gout. [e]
- Crocus [r]: is a genus of over eighty species of small, perennial flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae) which can bloom in the spring or in the fall, though the name "autumn crocus" is also applied to plants of the genus Colchicum. [e]
- Gout [r]: Disturbance of uric-acid metabolism, characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, especially of the feet, from the deposition of urate crystals. [e]
- Calla Lily [r]: also known as Arum Lily, is the popular garden and horticultural name of some species in the genus Zantedeschia, which originated in southern Africa, which is neither a lily nor a calla nor an arum, nor is it a true flower; rather Calla Lillies are an inflorescence of tiny flowers surrounded by a petal-like spathe. [e]
- Southwest Pacific Area [r]: Second World War theater of operations under the command of Douglas MacArthur; major components included Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, the western Solomon Islands, and the Malay Peninsula and Singapore [e]
- Cotton [r]: Crop widely used for production of clothing fabric. [e]