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SCAMMONYROOT

Dictionary entry overview: What does scammonyroot mean?

• SCAMMONYROOT (noun)
The noun SCAMMONYROOT has 1 sense:

1. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

Familiarity information: SCAMMONYROOT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SCAMMONYROOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ipomoea fastigiata; Ipomoea panurata; manroot; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; wild sweet potato vine; man-of-the-earth

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

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

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