Noun: scammony ska-mu-nee
- Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-coloured to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
"Scammony was historically valued for its medicinal properties";
- Convolvulus scammonia
- Resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
"Scammony was historically used as a purgative in traditional medicine"
- Tropical American morning glory
"The scammony's vines twined through the undergrowth";
- Ipomoea orizabensis
Derived forms: scammonies
Type of: convolvulus, morning glory, natural resin
Encyclopedia: Scammony