HyperDic: convolvulus_scammonia

English > 1 sense of the expression Convolvulus scammonia:
NOUNplantConvolvulus scammonia, scammonytwining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
English > Convolvulus scammonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin.
Synonymscammony
BroaderconvolvulusAny of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
Spanishconvolvulus scammonia
Catalanconvolvulus scammonia, Convolvulus scammonia, gloria de mati

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