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单词 scammony
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Definition of scammony in English:

scammony

noun ˈskaməniˈskamənē
  • A plant of the convolvulus family, the dried roots of which yield a strong purgative.

    旋花草,药旋花

    Two species in the family Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus scammonia of Asia, and Ipomoea orizabensis of Mexico

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When he says that hops purges choler, he doesn't mean in the same way as scammony does.
    • For instance, the knowledge of the causal power of scammony to purge red bile arises only after we observe a number of cases where it does this, and so come to form an aestimatio that it does in this or that particular case.

Origin

Old English, from Old French escamonie or Latin scammonia, from Greek skammōnia.

Rhymes

Chamonix, salmony, Tammany

Definition of scammony in US English:

scammony

nounˈskamənē
  • A plant of the morning glory family, the dried roots of which yield a strong purgative.

    旋花草,药旋花

    Two species in the family Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus scammonia of Asia, and Ipomoea orizabensis of Mexico

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For instance, the knowledge of the causal power of scammony to purge red bile arises only after we observe a number of cases where it does this, and so come to form an aestimatio that it does in this or that particular case.
    • When he says that hops purges choler, he doesn't mean in the same way as scammony does.

Origin

Old English, from Old French escamonie or Latin scammonia, from Greek skammōnia.

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