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SCAMMONY

• SCAMMONY (noun)
The noun SCAMMONY has 3 senses:

1. tropical American morning glory
2. resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
3. twining plant of Asia Minor having cream to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin

Familiarity information: SCAMMONY used as a noun is uncommon.

• SCAMMONY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tropical American morning glory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ipomoea orizabensis; scammony

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

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

natural resin (a plant exudate)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Convolvulus scammonia; scammony

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

convolvulus (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus)

"Fine feathers make fine birds."
(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
"A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground."
(Nigerian proverb)
"Leave the spool to the artisan."
(Corsican proverb)

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