Word Meanings - SCAMMONIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.

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• APERIENT
  Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. (more info) open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover,
• SCAMMONIATE
  Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.
• SCAMMONY
  A species of bindweed or Convolvulus . 2. An inspissated sap obtained from the rot of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.