Colchicum
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Colchicum is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as autumn crocuses, noted for their crocus-like blooms and production of the toxic alkaloid colchicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colchicum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12214216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colchicum Context triple: [Liliales, hasRepresentativeGenus, Colchicum]
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Fritillaria
Fritillaria is a genus of bulbous flowering plants known for their distinctive bell-shaped, often nodding flowers and includes species such as the snake’s head fritillary and crown imperial.
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B.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Helleborus
Helleborus is a genus of early-flowering perennial plants, commonly known as hellebores, valued for their winter and spring blooms and often grown as ornamental garden flowers.
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D.
Aconitum
Aconitum is a genus of highly toxic flowering plants, often called monkshood or wolfsbane, known for their hood-shaped blue to purple flowers and historical use as poisons.
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E.
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum is a small genus of bulb-forming flowering plants native to western North America, commonly known as soap plants or soap lilies for their saponin-rich bulbs historically used as a soap substitute.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colchicum Target entity description: Colchicum is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as autumn crocuses, noted for their crocus-like blooms and production of the toxic alkaloid colchicine.
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A.
Fritillaria
Fritillaria is a genus of bulbous flowering plants known for their distinctive bell-shaped, often nodding flowers and includes species such as the snake’s head fritillary and crown imperial.
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B.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Helleborus
Helleborus is a genus of early-flowering perennial plants, commonly known as hellebores, valued for their winter and spring blooms and often grown as ornamental garden flowers.
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D.
Aconitum
Aconitum is a genus of highly toxic flowering plants, often called monkshood or wolfsbane, known for their hood-shaped blue to purple flowers and historical use as poisons.
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E.
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum is a small genus of bulb-forming flowering plants native to western North America, commonly known as soap plants or soap lilies for their saponin-rich bulbs historically used as a soap substitute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.