HYOSCYAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyoscyamus mean? 

• HYOSCYAMUS (noun)
  The noun HYOSCYAMUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of poisonous herbs: henbane

  Familiarity information: HYOSCYAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYOSCYAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hyoscyamus; Hyoscyamus

Hypernyms ("Hyoscyamus" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Hyoscyamus"):

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)

Holonyms ("Hyoscyamus" is a member of...):

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 Solandra)

 Context examples 

The sulfate salt of a belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine, NCI Thesaurus)