NOUN
- resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
- twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
- tropical American morning glory
How To Use scammony In A Sentence
- But now let us talk of scammony, 'he added, vaulting on the counter, and seating himself by the side of Darkush;' one might get more by arranging this visit to your mountains than by enjoying an appalto of all its gums, friend Darkush; but if it cannot be, it cannot be. ' Tancred Or, The New Crusade