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Scammony

noun
1.
Tropical American morning glory.  Synonym: 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.  Synonym: Convolvulus scammonia.





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"Scammony" Quotes from Famous Books



... Scammonia, another plant of the same family, affords, when cut, a gummy resinous exudation or milky juice, which soon concretes and forms scammony. The plant grows abundantly in Greece, the Grecian Islands, and various parts of the Levant. It is imported from Aleppo in drums, weighing from 75 to 125 lbs. each, and from Smyrna in compact cakes like wax packed ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds


Words linked to "Scammony" :   convolvulus, natural resin, morning glory, Ipomoea orizabensis, Convolvulus scammonia


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