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CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
Synonyms:
Convolvulus scammonia; scammony
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Hypernyms ("Convolvulus scammonia" is a kind of...):
convolvulus (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus)