scammonine
French, noun\ska.mɔ.nin\
scammonine is spelled S-C-A-M-M-O-N-I-N-E (10 letters). Scammonine is a French masculine noun meaning “scammonin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Glucoside extrait de la scammonée c'est un puissant purgatif, toxique, nommé aussi parfois jalapine ou…”.
What does scammonine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescammonin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Glucoside extrait de la scammonée c'est un puissant purgatif, toxique, nommé aussi parfois jalapine ou orizabine
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce scammonine?
- \ska.mɔ.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.