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SCAMMONY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Convolvulus scammonia; scammony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("scammony" is a kind of...):

convolvulus (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("scammony" is a kind of...):

natural resin (a plant exudate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tropical American morning glory

Synonyms:

Ipomoea orizabensis; scammony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("scammony" is a kind of...):

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

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