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stra⋅mo⋅ni⋅um

  [struh-moh-nee-uhm]
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–noun
1. jimson weed.
2. the dried leaves of the jimson weed, used in medicine as an analgesic, antispasmodic, etc.
Origin:
1655–65; < NL < ?
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jim·son·weed   (jĭm'sən-wēd')   
n.  A coarse poisonous plant (Datura stramonium) having large, trumpet-shaped white or purplish flowers and prickly capsules. Also called stramonium.

[Alteration of Jamestown weed, after Jamestown, Virginia.]
stra·mo·ni·um   (strə-mō'nē-əm)   
n.  

  1. See jimsonweed.

  2. The dried poisonous leaves of the jimsonweed, used in the treatment of asthma.


[New Latin, specific epithet, perhaps ultimately from Tatar turman, a medicine for horses.]
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Main Entry: stra·mo·ni·um
Pronunciation: str&-'mO-nE-&m
Function: noun
1 : the dried leaves of the jimsonweed (Daturastramonium) or of a related plant of the genus Datura containing the anticholinergic and antispasmodic alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine and used especially formerly in thetreatment of asthma and parkinsonism
2 : JIMSONWEED
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