stramonium

American  

[struh-moh-nee-uhm] / strəˈmoʊ ni əm /

noun

1. jimson weed.

2. the dried leaves of the jimson weed, used in medicine as an analgesic, antispasmodic, etc.

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stramonium British  

/ strəˈməʊnɪəm /

noun

1. a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma

2. another name for thorn apple

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Etymology

Origin of stramonium

1655–65; < New Latin < ?

Example Sentences

These contain thorn apple, a common term for the botanist's Datura stramonium, also known as Jimson weed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Aristotle's childhood, when his father was both guide and physician to the king, on hunting trips through the mountains, the doctor taught the boys to recognize sarsaparilla, stramonium, hemlock, hellebore, sassafras and mandrake.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

After the man has grown used to the flaxseed he begins to detect the odor of stramonium.

From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John

A Stramonium Poultice.—Stir one tablespoonful of Indian meal into a gill of boiling water and add one tablespoonful of bruised stramonium seeds.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

The thing puzzled me until I recalled that the Latin name of jimson weed is Datura stramonium; then, in a flash, it came to me that stramonium is a powerful mydriatic.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace