stramonium
Americannoun
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a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma
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another name for thorn apple
Etymology
Origin of stramonium
1655–65; < New Latin < ?
Example Sentences
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These contain thorn apple, a common term for the botanist's Datura stramonium, also known as Jimson weed.
From Time Magazine Archive
And even this supposition, would only account for the appearance of a single stramonium plant or two, not for a thick bed of it covering the entire ground.
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
The extract of belladonna may be used instead of the stramonium, in the same proportion, with equally good effect.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
There is a family of poisonous plants, amongst which we may notice the henbane, the datura stramonium, and the tobacco plant.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Give frequency and type of cutaneous disturbance due to the administration of stramonium.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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