stramonium

[ struh-moh-nee-uh m ]

/ strəˈmoʊ ni əm /

noun

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

Words nearby stramonium

straits settlements, strake, stralsund, stramash, stramineous, stramonium, strand, strand line, strand wolf, stranded, strandloper

Origin of stramonium

1655–65; < New Latin < ?

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Examples from the Web for 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
Datura lvis and stramonium, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Darwin
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

The Seeds of Marjorane and Stramonium carelessly kept, have grown after seven years.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne

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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