| 单词 | hyoscyamus |
| 释义 | hyoscyamus in British English (ˌhaɪəˈsaɪəməs) noun any plant of the solanaceous genus Hyoscyamus, of Europe, Asia, and N Africa, including henbane Word origin C18: from New Latin, from Greek huoskuamos, from hus pig + kuamos bean; the plant was thought to be poisonous to pigshyoscyamus in American English (ˌhaiəˈsaiəməs) noun the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine Word origin [1700–10; ‹ NL ‹ Gk hyoskýamos, equiv. to hyós (gen. of hŷs hog) + kýamos bean]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, hump, marquise, sliding scaleExamples of 'hyoscyamus' in a sentence |
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