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
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)
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
The flaxseed and stramonium seem like reminders of the past stage of the trouble.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
Datura stramonium, nocturnal movement of cotyledons, 298 Delpino, on cotyledons of Chaerophyllum and Corydalis, 96, n.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
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