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HYOSCYAMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane
Synonyms:
genus Hyoscyamus; Hyoscyamus
Classified under:
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)
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