stramonium
Americannoun
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a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma
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another name for thorn apple
Etymology
Origin of stramonium
1655–65; < New Latin < ?
Example Sentences
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These contain thorn apple, a common term for the botanist's Datura stramonium, also known as Jimson weed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The extract of belladonna may be used instead of the stramonium, in the same proportion, with equally good effect.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
He was evidently affected by the stramonium; but how, I said to myself, can this be?
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
The leaves and seeds are made into the drug called "stramonium," which is used as a remedy in neuralgia, spasmodic cough, and other disorders.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Hyoscyamus dilates the pupils of the eyes, the same manner as stramonium, several Eastern species of datura, and belladonna, which the Europeans use.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
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