Scammony
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium. countable, uncountable
- 2 twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin wordnet
- 3 The cathartic gum resin obtained from this plant. countable, uncountable
"Compounded with honey, scammony is recommended as an aphrodisiac by Avicenna."
- 4 resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia wordnet
- 5 tropical American morning glory wordnet
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More examples"Compounded with honey, scammony is recommended as an aphrodisiac by Avicenna."
Etymology
From Middle English scamōnīe, from Old French scamonie, from Latin scammōnia, from Ancient Greek σκαμμώνιον (skammṓnion).