Definition of "stramonium" []

• See jimsonweed. (noun)
• The dried poisonous leaves of the jimsonweed, used in the treatment of asthma. (noun)

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• "For instance, the seeds of the stramonium, which is the same thing, contain a much higher percentage of poison than the leaves and flowers."
• "In fact indigo, senna, and stramonium, with a species of cassia, form the weeds of the place, which are annually hoed off and burned."
• "I also had to add a pinch of coniine (which causes blurred vision) as well as -- the cherry on the cake -- a dash of stramonium (which can cause dizziness and hallucinations)."