Hyoscyamus

  • 91JUSQUIAME — Dans le trio des grandes «solanacées vireuses», la jusquiame (Hyoscyamus niger L.) vient en troisième position pour la toxicité, après la stramoine et la belladone. C’est cependant une plante très vénéneuse, renfermant, comme ses parentes, les… …

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  • 92Bilsenkraut — Bịl|sen|kraut 〈n. 12u; unz.; Bot.〉 1. Gattung der Nachtschattengewächse mit gelappten Blättern, röhrig glockigem Kelch u. trichterförmiger Blumenkrone 2. Schwarzes Bilsenkraut giftiges, Hyoszyamin u. Skopolamin enthaltendes, medizinisch als… …

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  • 93jusquiame — (ju ski a m ) s. f. Terme de botanique. Genre de plantes de la famille des solanées, où l on distingue la jusquiame noire (hyoscyamus niger, L.) et la jusquiame blanche (hyoscyamus albus, L.), plantes qui sont narcotiques et qui s emploient en… …

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  • 94black henbane — noun poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine • Syn: ↑henbane, ↑stinking nightshade, ↑Hyoscyamus niger • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holony …

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  • 95family Solanaceae — noun large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia,… …

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  • 96potato family — noun large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia,… …

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  • 97Solanaceae — noun large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia,… …

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  • 98stinking nightshade — noun poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine • Syn: ↑henbane, ↑black henbane, ↑Hyoscyamus niger • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 99duboisine — Hyoscyamine Hy os*cy a*mine, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted… …

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  • 100hyoscyamia — Hyoscyamine Hy os*cy a*mine, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted… …

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