henbane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of henbane
Example Sentences
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Pliny the Elder, Plutarch, and others wrote about black henbane, along with its closely related but less potent relatives, white and yellow henbane.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 7, 2024
The Solanaceae family is a vast one with more than 2,500 members including tomatoes, potatoes, chillies, aubergines, peppers, tobacco, deadly nightshade and henbane.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023
We don’t know if Leonidas’s performance was enhanced by ingestion of Pythia gases or black henbane because no records survive from the ancient version of the Greek antidoping agency.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2016
A Babylonian clay tablet advises treating the pain of a burrowing 'tooth worm', which is thought to be the cause of caries, by plugging the hole with gum mastic and powdered henbane seeds.
From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016
“Juice of henbane, black and deadly,” she said.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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