SCAMMONYROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scammonyroot mean? 

• SCAMMONYROOT (noun)
  The noun SCAMMONYROOT has 1 sense:

1. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

  Familiarity information: SCAMMONYROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAMMONYROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ipomoea fastigiata; Ipomoea panurata; man-of-the-earth; manroot; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; wild sweet potato vine

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

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