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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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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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