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Noun: Convolvulus scammonia
  1. Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-coloured to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
    "Convolvulus scammonia was historically valued for its medicinal properties";
    - scammony

Type of: convolvulus

Encyclopedia: Convolvulus scammonia