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- The dried juice, "virgin scammony," obtained by incision of the living root, has been used in medicine as scammonium,l but the variable quality of the drug has led to the employment of scarnmoniae resina, which is obtained from the dried root by digestion with alcohol. — “Scammony - LoveToKnow 1911”, 1911
- Mexican Scammony Root information based on scientific evidence includes description, drug interactions, safety concerns, and effectiveness. — “Mexican Scammony Root Effectiveness, Safety, and Drug”,
- This vine often grows wild in North America. Its large root can get up to six feet in length ('the man'). It was a traditional purgative (a very Saturn thing for a plant to do) and provides an incense that has been used in magick to represent. — “Scammony Root from Alchemy Works - Herbs for Witchcraft and”, alchemy-
- Find dictionary definitions, audio pronunciations, and spellings for scammony in the free online American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo! Education. — “scammony - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo!”,
- scammony definition from the mondofacto online medical dictionary. — “scammony - Definition”,
- Trade Leads for Scammony, Search for buying and selling leads, trade opportunities, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors etc. — “Scammony Manufacturers, Buyers & Suppliers - ECPlaza”,
- Online Information article about SCAMMONY In consonance with the statement that scammony acts only after admixture with the bile, is the fact that hypodermic or intravenous injection of the drug produces no purgation, or indeed any. — “SCAMMONY - Online Information article about SCAMMONY”,
- a : the dried root of scammony b : a cathartic resin obtained from scammony. Origin of SCAMMONY. Middle English scamonie, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English scammoniam, from Latin scammonia, from Greek skammōnia; Anglo-French scamonie, from Latin. First Known Use: before 12th century. — “Scammony - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster”, merriam-
- Scammony definition, a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia. See more. — “Scammony | Define Scammony at ”,
- ( Jalap Bindweed and Scammony Bindweed used officially) Flowers from June to September, rather attractive, large white trumpets without any scent. The juice of the root is hardened and is the Scammony of the shops. — “Bindweed, recognition and eradication”,
- Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) is a bindweed native to the countries of the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin; it grows in bushy waste places, from Syria in the south to the Crimea in the north, its range extending westward to the Greek islands, but not to northern Africa or Italy. — “Scammony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”,
- Definition of scammony from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of scammony. Pronunciation of scammony. Definition of the word scammony. Origin of the word scammony. — “scammony - Definition of scammony at ”,
- scammony (plural scammonies) Wikipedia has an article on: Scammony Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the. — “scammony - Wiktionary”,
- We found 28 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word SCAMMONY: scammony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] scammony: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]. — “Definitions of SCAMMONY - OneLook Dictionary Search”,
- scammony. scam·mo·ny [ skámmənee ] (plural scam·mo·nies or scam·mo·ny) 2. purgative from scammony root: a resin obtained from the roots of the scammony or similar plants. — “scammony definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta”,
- scammony n. , pl. , -nies . An eastern Mediterranean plant (Convolvulus scammonia) having large roots that yield a resin formerly used as a. — “scammony: Definition from ”,
- Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) is a bindweed native to the countries of the eastern The dried juice, virgin scammony, obtained by incision of the living root, has been used. — “Convolvulus scammonia L. - Encyclopedia of Life”,
- Aspects of the topic scammony are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Scammony, a purgative, is derived from the rhizomes of C. scammonia, a trailing perennial with white to pink flowers, native in western Asia. — “scammony (drug) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia”,
- Encyclopedia article about scammony. Information about scammony in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. — “scammony definition of scammony in the Free Online Encyclopedia”, encyclopedia2
- Scammony (Gr. ), a medicinal drug, the concrete juice of convolvulus scammonia. This is a perennial species with a woody root, which in old plants is 2 or 3 ft. long and 3 or 4 in. thick; its stems. — “Scammony”,
- Definition of scammony in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of scammony. Pronunciation of scammony. Translations of scammony. scammony synonyms, scammony antonyms. Information about scammony in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. — “scammony - definition of scammony by the Free Online”,