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
Datura l�vis and stramonium, reversion in hybrids of, i.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
Tincture of turmeric gives rise to a greenish light, and the extract of seeds of Datura stramonium a pale green light.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
After the man has grown used to the flaxseed he begins to detect the odor of stramonium.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
It was almost daylight before Craig and I left the laboratory after his discovery of the manner of the cigarette poisoning by stramonium.
From Gold of the Gods by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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