Hypertext Webster Gateway: "henbane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Hyoscyamus} ({H. niger}). All parts of
the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same
purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls;
whence the name. Called also, {stinking nightshade}, from the
fetid odor of the plant. See {Hyoscyamus}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
henbane
n : poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
scopolamine [syn: {black henbane}, {stinking nightshade},
{Hyoscyamus niger}]
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