scammony resin

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• Scammony — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms …   Wikipedia

• scammony — [skam′ə nē] n. pl. scammonies [ME skamonye < L scammonia < Gr skammōnia] 1. a climbing Asian convolvulus (Convolvulus scammonia) with thick roots, arrowhead shaped leaves, and white or purplish flowers 2. a) any of several plants whose… …   English World dictionary

• scammony — The plant, Convolvulus scammonia (family Convolvulaceae), the dried root of which contains a cathartic resin. SEE ALSO: ipomea. [G. skammonia] * * * scam·mo·ny skam ə nē n, pl nies 1) a twining plant of the genus Convolvulus …   Medical dictionary

• Resin — Not to be confused with rosin, a particular type of resin. This article is about the plant secretion. For other uses, see Resin (disambiguation). Insect trapped in resin …   Wikipedia

• scammony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English scamonie, from Old English & Anglo French; Old English scammoniam, from Latin scammonia, from Greek skammōnia; Anglo French scamonie, from Latin Date: before 12th century 1. a twining convolvulus… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• resin — 1. An amorphous brittle substance consisting of the hardened secretion of a number of plants, probably derived from a volatile oil and similar to a stearoptene. 2. SYN: rosin. 3. A precipitate formed by the addition of water to certain tinctures …   Medical dictionary

• scammony — scam•mo•ny [[t]ˈskæm ə ni[/t]] n. pl. nies 1) pln a twining Asian convolvulus Convolvulus scammonia[/ex] 2) pln any of various plants having roots yielding a medicinal resin, esp. Ipomoea orizabensis 3) pln the resin from any such roots •… …   From formal English to slang

• scammony — /ˈskæməni/ (say skamuhnee) noun 1. a twining Asian species of convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia. 2. the cathartic gum resin obtained from its root. {Middle English and Old English scamonie, from Latin scammōnia, from Greek skammōnia} …  

• scammony —   n. kind of convolvulus of Near East, with root yielding resin used as purge.    ♦ scammoniate, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• natural resin — noun a plant exudate • Hypernyms: ↑resin, ↑rosin, ↑plant product • Hyponyms: ↑sandarac, ↑sandarach, ↑guaiacum, ↑storax, ↑scammony, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• gum-resin — gum res·in (gum″rezґin) a dried exudation from various trees, consisting of a principle soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol, combined with a volatile oil or resin soluble in alcohol, but not in water, and including myrrh and scammony …   Medical dictionary