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 very air groans with the bitter anathemas the people pronounce upon calomel, antimony, copper, zinc, arsenic, arsenious acid, stramonium, foxglove, belladonna, henbane, nux vomica, opium, morphia, and narcotin.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Now, if all these flaxseed rags and this stramonium sprayer and pan could be cleared out!
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
In Aristotle's childhood, when his father was both guide and physician to the king, on hunting trips through the mountains, the doctor taught the boys to recognize sarsaparilla, stramonium, hemlock, hellebore, sassafras and mandrake.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert
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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