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Definition of HYOSCYAMUS

Hyoscyamus
Hyoscyamus Hy`os*cy"a*mus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a sow, hog + ? a bean.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. 2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

Meaning of HYOSCYAMUS from wikipedia

- hyoscyamine (daturine). Cruciferous type of stomata are present in Hyoscyamus. Hyoscyamus means "hog-bean" in botanical Latin and was a name derogatorily...
- Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, also black henbane and stinking nightshade) is a poisonous plant belonging to tribe Hyoscyameae of the nightshade family Solanaceae...
- henbane (Hyoscyamus albus) to other species more likely to cause madness and induce sleep. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyoscyamus albus. NRCS...
- variable base. Similar species include: Hyoscyamus albus (flowers paler yellow, stamens not protruding), Hyoscyamus niger (plants upright, flowers lurid...
- Hyoscyamus muticus – EOL. Wilkinson 2011. Brower 2011, p. 240. Ney 1891, p. 636. Ney 1891, p. 637. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyoscyamus muticus...
- Scopolia, while the name "hyoscine" is derived from another type known as Hyoscyamus niger, or black henbane. It is on the World Health Organization's List...
- Africa and the Himalayas Atropanthe Pascher, monotypic genus from China Hyoscyamus L., 31 accepted species distributed from the Mediterranean to China Physochlaina...
- are also produced by plants ****ociated with Old World medicine such as Hyoscyamus niger, Atropa belladonna, and Mandragora officinarum. The generic name...
- henbane Hyoscyamus niger Anatomy of Hyoscyamus niger showing dissected pyxidium etc. Golden henbane Hyoscyamus aureus single flower Hyoscyamus aureus in...
- in Western herbal medicine (e.g., Chinese: 莨菪; pinyin: làngdàng, i.e. Hyoscyamus niger), but several Chinese plants have not been noted as hallucinogens...