stramonium

[ struh-moh-nee-uhm ]

/ strəˈmoʊ ni əm /

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noun

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

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Origin of stramonium

1655–65; <New Latin < ?

Words nearby stramonium

Straits Settlements, strake, Stralsund, stramash, stramineous, stramonium, strand, stranded, strand line, Strandloper, strand wolf

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How to use stramonium in a sentence

Stramonium and sage, equal parts, sufficient to fill a small pipe.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Give frequency and type of cutaneous disturbance due to the administration of stramonium.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Opium and Stramonium, classed among Narcotics, depress the function of this nerve as well as the nervous forces generally.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland
Another famous poison is produced from Datura stramonium and allied species.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot

Or purchase the herb of stramonium at the druggist's; steep it and bind it on the felon; as soon as cold, put on new, warm herbs.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette

British Dictionary definitions for stramonium

stramonium

/ (strəˈməʊnɪəm) /

noun

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

another name for thorn apple (def. 1)

Word Origin for stramonium

C17: from New Latin, of uncertain origin

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