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Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All
parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for
the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade,
from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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henbane noun
poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
scopolamine [syn: black henbane, stinking nightshade,
Hyoscyamus niger]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of
the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same
purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls;
whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the
fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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