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Hyoscyamus   Listen
noun
Hyoscyamus  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
2.
(Med.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.





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"Hyoscyamus" Quotes from Famous Books



... composite Egyptian legend the narrative would be more intelligible. The mandrake is such a sedative as might have been employed to calm the murderous frenzy of a maniacal woman. In fact it is closely allied to hyoscyamus, whose active principle, hyoscin, is used in modern medicine precisely for such purposes. I venture to suggest that a folk-tale describing the effect of opium or some other "drowsy syrup" has been absorbed into the legend of the Destruction of Mankind, ...
— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith


Words linked to "Hyoscyamus" :   Egyptian henbane, henbane, Solanaceae, genus Hyoscyamus, Hyoscyamus muticus


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