An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Cultrivorous
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Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives;-- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow,knives with impunity. Dunglison.
Cultrivorous meaning & definition 1 of Cultrivorous.
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Eat, feed on or swallow swords. Vorous = eating or feeding on.
Cultrivorous meaning & definition 2 of Cultrivorous.
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