stramonium

[struh-moh-nee-uh m]

noun

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

Origin of stramonium

1655–65; < New Latin < ?

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Examples from the Web for stramonium

Historical Examples of stramonium

Tar water is strongly recommended, and also the smoking of the dried leaves of stramonium, commonly called the thorn-apple.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
The juice of the leaves is an antidote for the Datura (Stramonium).
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Professor Brera, of Pavia, witnessed it after the use of stramonium.
Curiosities of Medical Experience
J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Various other remedies have been recommended for asthma; among which are the smoking of tobacco and stramonium.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
He was evidently affected by the stramonium; but how, I said to myself, can this be?
Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders
William A. Alcott

British Dictionary definitions for stramonium

stramonium

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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