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scammony
(encz) | scammony, n: |
Scammony
(gcide) | Scammony \Scam"mo*ny\ (sk[a^]m"m[-o]*n[y^]), n. [F.
scammon['e]e, L. scammonia, scammonea, Gr. skammwni`a.]
1. (Bot.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus
(Convolvulus Scammonia).
[1913 Webster]
2. An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the
Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a
nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat
acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.
[1913 Webster] |
scammony
(wn) | scammony
n 1: tropical American morning glory [syn: scammony, {Ipomoea
orizabensis}]
2: resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
3: twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple
flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin [syn:
scammony, Convolvulus scammonia] |
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scammony
(encz) | scammony, n: |
scammonyroot
(encz) | scammonyroot, n: |
scammony
(wn) | scammony
n 1: tropical American morning glory [syn: scammony, {Ipomoea
orizabensis}]
2: resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
3: twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple
flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin [syn:
scammony, Convolvulus scammonia] |
scammonyroot
(wn) | scammonyroot
n 1: tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous
perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held
to be source of the sweet potato [syn: wild potato vine,
wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot,
scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata] |
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