- scammoniate
- \\skəˈmōnēə̇t, -ēˌāt\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin scammoniatus, from Latin scammonia + -atus -ate: made with scammony
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Scammoniate — Scam*mo ni*ate, a. Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scammoniate — scam·mo·ni·ate … English syllables
scammony — scammoniate /ska moh nee it/, adj. /skam euh nee/, n., pl. scammonies. a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia. [bef. 1000; ME scamonie, OE < L scamonia < Gk skamonía] * * * … Universalium
scammony — n. kind of convolvulus of Near East, with root yielding resin used as purge. ♦ scammoniate, a … Dictionary of difficult words
