HYOSCYAMUS NIGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyoscyamus niger mean? 

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

1. poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYOSCYAMUS NIGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black henbane; henbane; Hyoscyamus niger; stinking nightshade

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

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

genus Hyoscyamus; Hyoscyamus (genus of poisonous herbs: henbane)

 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)