Word
Henbane
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
hen-bane
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
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