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hen·bane (hen′bān′)

noun

a coarse, hairy, foul-smelling, poisonous plant (Hyoscyamus niger) of the nightshade family: it is used in medicine as a source of hyoscyamine and scopolamine

Etymology: ME: see hen & bane

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  • burn: And we know that the Druids used to burn henbane and breathe in the fumes to put them into a hallucinatory trance.
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