henbane

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɛnˌbeɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hen′bān′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
hen•bane  (hen′bān′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyan Old World plant, Hyoscyamus niger, of the nightshade family, having sticky, hairy fetid foliage and greenish-yellow flowers, and possessing narcotic and poisonous properties esp. destructive to domestic fowls.
  • 1250–1300; Middle English; see hen, bane

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
henbane / ˈhɛnˌbeɪn/
  1. a poisonous solanaceous European plant, Hyoscyamus niger, with sticky hairy leaves and funnel-shaped greenish flowers: yields the drug hyoscyamine
'henbane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bane - hyoscyamine - hyoscyamus - scopolamine - solanaceous

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