English > Hyoscyamus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of poisonous herbs: henbane. |
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Synonym | genus Hyoscyamus |
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Member of | Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family | large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous |
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Members | Egyptian henbane, Hyoscyamus muticus | poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine |
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henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger | poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus hyoscyamus, hyoscyamus |
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Catalan | genus hyoscyamus, hyoscyamus, Hyoscyamus |
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