hyoscyamus
Noun
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Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane (synset 112924908)
is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsmember holonym:
- black henbane, henbane, hyoscyamus niger, stinking nightshade - poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
- egyptian henbane, hyoscyamus muticus - poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
belongs to: family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandrasame as: genus hyoscyamus
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