hyoscyamus

American  

[hahy-uh-sahy-uh-muhs] / ˌhaɪ əˈsaɪ ə məs /

noun

1. the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.

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hyoscyamus British  

/ ˌhaɪəˈsaɪəməs /

noun

1. any plant of the solanaceous genus Hyoscyamus, of Europe, Asia, and N Africa, including henbane

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Etymology

Origin of hyoscyamus

1700–10; < New Latin < Greek hyoskýamos, equivalent to hyós (genitive of hŷs hog) + kýamos bean

Example Sentences

Thus, hyoscyamus, belladonna, ammonium bromide have been used.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This fluid is henbane —that is the commercial name of it—known to the profession, however, as hyoscyamus or hyoscyamine.

From Raspberry Jam by Wells, Carolyn

As the potato belongs to the botanical family containing the dangerous belladonna, tobacco, hyoscyamus, and stramonium, it is not surprising that is should also contain a powerful poisonous alkaloid, namely, solanine.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Anodynes, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and opium act as antipyretics simply by quieting the nervous system.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Extract of quassia, 1 to 10 grains; extract of hyoscyamus, 1/2 to 5 grains.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert