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CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Convolvulus scammonia mean?
• CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA (noun)
The noun CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA has 1 sense:
1. twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
Familiarity information: CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Convolvulus scammonia; scammony
Hypernyms ("Convolvulus scammonia" is a kind of...):
convolvulus (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus)
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