scammony

English

Noun

scammony (countable and uncountable, plural scammonies)

1. Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.
2. The cathartic gum resin obtained from this plant.

Derived terms

• Mexican scammony
• scammoniate
• scammonic acid
• scammonin

Translations

bindweed

• Arabic: سَقَمُونِيَا f (saqamūniyā)
• Catalan: escamònia f
• Finnish: alepponkierto
• German: Purgierkraut n, Purgierwinde f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκαμμωνία f (skammōnía)

• Italian: scamonea f
• Latin: acridium n, scammōnea f
• Polish: socznica f, powój czyszczący m (rare), powój przeczyszczający m (rare), powój żywiczny m (rare)
• Romanian: scamonee (ro) f
• Russian: вьюно́к смолоно́сный m (vʹjunók smolonósnyj), скаммо́ний (ru) m (skammónij)
• Serbo-Croatian: divlji ladolež (sh) m, ladolež (sh) m (ambiguous)
• Swedish: hartsvinda c
• Ukrainian: берізка смолоносна f (berizka smolonosna)
• Welsh: cynghafog y Dwyrain m

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “scammony”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.