henbane

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henbane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All
     parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for
     the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
     fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade,
     from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
     [1913 Webster]

henbane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  henbane
      n 1: poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
           and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
           scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade
           , Hyoscyamus niger]