Secamone

noun

Sec·​a·​mo·​ne

ˈsekəˈmō(ˌ)nē

: a genus of Old World tropical woody vines (family Asclepiadaceae) bearing flowers with rotate corollas and scales of the crown with distinct tips

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Latin scammonia scammony

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