stramonium
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See also: Stramonium
English
Etymology
From New Latin , origin Unknown, possibly from Tatar turman (“medicine for horses”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊniəm
Noun
stramonium (countable and uncountable, plural stramoniums or stramonia)
- The jimsonweed plant
- A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant.
French
Noun
stramonium m (plural stramoniums)
- (botany) Alternative form of stramoine (“stramonium”)
Further reading
- “stramonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “stramonium” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.