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scammony


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  ({C. 
  Scammonia}). 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scammony 
  n  1:  tropical  American  morning  glory  [syn:  {Ipomoea  orizabensis}] 
  2:  resin  from  the  root  of  Convolvulus  scammonia 
  3:  twining  plant  of  Asia  Minor  having  cream  to  purple  flowers 
  and  long  thick  roots  yielding  a  cathartic  resin  [syn:  {Convolvulus 
  scammonia}] 




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