stramonium

[struh-moh-nee-uhm]

stra·mo·ni·um

[struh-moh-nee-uhm]
noun
2.
the dried leaves of the jimson weed, used in medicine as an analgesic, antispasmodic, etc.

Origin:
1655–65; < Neo-Latin < ?
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stramonium (strəˈməʊnɪəm)
 
n
1.  a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma
2.  another name for thorn apple
 
[C17: from New Latin, of uncertain origin]

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