stramonium

[ struh-moh-nee-uh m ]

/ strəˈmoʊ ni əm /

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

Origin of stramonium

1655–65; < New Latin < ?

Tar water is strongly recommended, and also the smoking of the dried leaves of stramonium, commonly called the thorn-apple.

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, |Mary Eaton
Datura lvis and stramonium, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Darwin
Stramonium and sage, equal parts, sufficient to fill a small pipe.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
Give frequency and type of cutaneous disturbance due to the administration of stramonium.

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin |Henry Weightman Stelwagon

The Seeds of Marjorane and Stramonium carelessly kept, have grown after seven years.

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne |Thomas Browne

stramonium

/ (strəˈməʊnɪəm) /

a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma

another name for thorn apple (def. 1)

C17: from New Latin, of uncertain origin