• (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.
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(from the article `jimsonweed`) ...was used by Algonquin Indians in eastern North America as a hallucinogen and intoxicant. The leaves contain potent alkaloids (hyoscamine and ... Many are considered weeds in warm parts of the world. Of special interest are the thornapple, or jimsonweed (q.v.; D. stramonium), the source of ... [2 rel...
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Stra·mo'ni·um noun [ New Latin ; Confer French
stramoine .]
(Botany) A poisonous plant (
Datura Stramonium ); stinkweed. See
Datura , and
Jamestown weed .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: stra-mō′nē-ŭm Definitions: 1. The dried leaves and flowering or fruiting tops with branches of Datura stramonium or D. tatula (family Solanaceae), a herb abounding in temperate and subtropic countries; it contains an alkaloid, daturine, identical with hyoscyamine. It is an antispasmodic and has been us...
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Stramonium is a drug obtained from the seeds and leaves of the thorn-apple. The chief constituent is an alkaline daturine. Stramonium was once used at treat bronchial spasms in asthma.
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the dried leaves of the jimson weed, used in medicine as an analgesic, antispasmodic, etc.
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