scamoniate (s.xiii2/4)
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scamoniate (s.xiii2/4)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 11,276b scammonia; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  scamonie (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  scammonite a.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2953a scamoniatus ]
scamoneate  

a.

1 bot. pharm. prepared with scammony, Convolvulus scammonia, or a gum resin obtained from its root (used as a purgative): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  melle l'en o tot mel et oile ou benoite ou autre medicine scamoniate  i 198
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et quant li esplen est amoliz, si la doit l'en purgier de diacené scamoneate  i 234
scamonie 
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