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单词 hyoscyamus
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hy•os•cy•a•mus  (hī′ə sīə məs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Drugs, Plant Biologythe dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
  • Greek hyoskýamos, equivalent. to hyós (genitive of hŷs hog) + kýamos bean
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hyoscyamus /ˌhaɪəˈsaɪəməs/ n
  1. any plant of the solanaceous genus Hyoscyamus, of Europe, Asia, and N Africa, including henbane
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Greek huoskuamos, from hus pig + kuamos bean; the plant was thought to be poisonous to pigs
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