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

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stramonium

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I once obtained a nest made of grass and bits of cotton, but instead of being built as above described it was placed between, and sewn to, two leaves of the Datura stramonium.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume

How can aconite, henbane, œnanthe, stramonium, and such plants, be distinguished from parsley, sorrel, watercress, or spinach?

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

It was almost dawn before Craig and I left the laboratory after his discovery of the manner of the stramonium poisoning.

From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

For instance, the seeds of the stramonium, which is the same thing, contain a much higher percentage of poison than the leaves and flowers.

From Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve