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stramonium

[ struh-moh-nee-uhm ]

noun

  1. the dried leaves of the jimson weed, used in medicine as an analgesic, antispasmodic, etc.


stramonium

/ strəˈməʊnɪəm /

noun

  1. a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma
  2. another name for thorn apple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stramonium1

1655–65; < New Latin < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stramonium1

C17: from New Latin, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

According to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Jimson weed, also called Datura stramonium, blooms in the late summer and is toxic.

According to a plant reference book he keeps, it is Datura stramonium, known in the United States as jimsonweed, a powerfully toxic and hallucinogenic member of the nightshade family.

Professor Brera, of Pavia, witnessed it after the use of stramonium.

The leaves and seeds are made into the drug called "stramonium," which is used as a remedy in neuralgia, spasmodic cough, and other disorders.

Its effects upon mental conditions are marked by depression of spirits, irritability, inability to study, or to remember what has been read, bringing to our minds Aconite, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Coffea, Colocynth, Ignatia, Lachesis, Mercury, Nux vomica, Staphisagria, Stramonium, and Veratrum.

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