DATURA STRAMONIUM
\dˈat͡ʃəɹə stɹamˈə͡ʊni͡əm], \dˈatʃəɹə stɹamˈəʊniəm], \d_ˈa_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ə s_t_ɹ_a_m_ˈəʊ_n_iə_m]\
Definitions of DATURA STRAMONIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
By Princeton University
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intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Stramonia, Barycoccalon, Solanum foetidum, Stramonium, S. majur album seu spinosum seu vulgatum seu foetidum, Pomum seu Malum spinosum. Nux methel, Datura, Dutroa, Datyra, Thorn Apple, Apple of Peru, Jamestown Weed, Jimston or Jimpson Weed, Stinkweed, (F.) Stramoine, Pomme epineuse, Eudormie, Herbe aux sorciers ou de diable. The leaves, Stramonii Folia, the seeds, Stramonii Semen, and the root, Stramonii Radix, are the parts used in medicine. They are narcotic and poisonous; are given internally as narcotics and antispasmodics; and applied externally as sedatives, in the form of fomentation. The seeds are smoked like tobacco, in asthma. The dose of the powder is, j to gr. viii.
By Robley Dunglison
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