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单词 stramonium
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stramonium


stra·mo·ni·um

S0793100 (strə-mō′nē-əm)n.1. The jimsonweed.2. The dried poisonous leaves of this plant, formerly used for medicinal purposes.
[New Latin, probably ultimately from Old Catalan estremoni, datura, perhaps (in reference to its hallucinogenic properties) from Old Catalan estremonia, astrology, magic (from alteration of Latin astronomia, astronomy; see astronomy), or perhaps from alteration of Latin strūmus, nightshade (from strūma, scrofulous tumor (for which nightshade was used as a cure)), or perhaps from a source akin to Czech and Russian durman, datura (probably of Tatar origin; akin to Turkish derman, medicine, from Persian darmān, from Middle Persian, from Old Iranian *darmān-, that which contains firmness or sustenance; akin to Sanskrit dharmaḥ, statute, law; see dharma).]

stramonium

(strəˈməʊnɪəm) or

stramony

n1. (Pharmacology) a preparation of the dried leaves and flowers of the thorn apple, containing hyoscyamine and formerly used as a drug to treat asthma2. (Plants) another name for thorn apple1[C17: from New Latin, of uncertain origin]

stra•mo•ni•um

(strəˈmoʊ ni əm)

n. 1. jimsonweed. 2. the dried leaves of the jimsonweed, formerly used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [1655–65; < New Latin; of uncertain orig.]

stramonium


stramonium:

see Jimson weedJimson weed
or Jamestown weed,
large, coarse annual plant (Datura stramonium) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to warm-temperate and tropical regions of the New World, but long widely distributed and often weedy.
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stramonium


stra·mo·ni·um

(stra-mō'nē-ŭm), The dried leaves and flowering or fruiting tops with branches of Datura stramonium or D. tatula (family Solanaceae), a herb abounding in temperate and subtropic countries; it contains an alkaloid, daturine, identical with hyoscyamine. It is an antispasmodic and has been used in the treatment of asthma and parkinsonism; when abused or taken inadvertently, it may cause an atropine-like toxic psychosis. [Mod. L.]

stramonium

(strə-mō′nē-əm)n.1. The jimsonweed.2. The dried poisonous leaves of this plant, formerly used for medicinal purposes.

stra·mo·ni·um

(stră-mō'nē-ŭm) Dried leaves and flowering or fruiting tops with branches of Datura stramonium or D. tatula; an antispasmodic; has been used in the treatment of asthma and parkinsonism. [Mod. L.]
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