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Definition of Convolvulus scammonia
1. Noun. Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convolvulus Scammonia
Literary usage of Convolvulus scammonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"the living root of Convolvulus scammonia, Linn. Nal. ... plant, Convolvulus
Scammonia, Linn. Med. Prop, and Action. ..."
2. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"... according to the usual reading, and this certainly does not agree with
Convolvulus scammonia, and would apply better to the Convolvulus ..."
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