scammonies

noun

twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin

resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia

tropical American morning glory

Roots

skammoniascammon- · Greek · scammony plant ia-ies · Latin · plural

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