stramonium

See also: Stramonium

English

Etymology

From New Latin [Term?], origin Unknown, possibly from Tatar turman (“medicine for horses”).

Noun

stramonium (countable and uncountable, plural stramoniums or stramonia)

1. The jimsonweed plant
2. A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant.

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French

Noun

stramonium m (plural stramoniums)

1. (botany) Alternative form of stramoine (“stramonium”)

Further reading

• “stramonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “stramonium” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.