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n. An eastern Mediterranean plant (Convolvulus scammonia) having large roots that yield a resin formerly used as a cathartic.

n. The resin obtained from this plant.

n. A cathartic preparation made from this resin.

n. Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.

n. A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).

n. An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.

n. A plant, Convolvulus Scammonia, which grows abundantly in Syria and Asia Minor.

n. A gum-resin consisting of the inspissated root-juice of this plant.

n. tropical American morning glory

n. resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia

n. twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin

"The cruelty of these impious men goes even to the length that, thinking the wretches have eaten gold or silver, they either put scammony in their drink and force them to vomit or void their vitals, or – and this is unspeakable – they stretch asunder the coverings of all the intestines after ripping open their stomachs with a blade and reveal with horrible mutilation whatever nature keeps secret."

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