stramonium
noun
- jimson weed
- the dried leaves and flowering top of this plant, formerly used in medicine as an antispasmodic
See stramonium in American Heritage Dictionary 4
stra·mo·ni·um
noun- See jimsonweed.
- The dried poisonous leaves of the jimsonweed, used in the treatment of asthma.
Origin: New Latin, specific epithet, perhaps ultimately from Tatar turman, a medicine for horses.
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