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单词 henbane
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Definition of henbane in English:

henbane

noun ˈhɛnbeɪnˈhɛnˌbeɪn
  • 1A poisonous Eurasian plant of the nightshade family, with sticky hairy leaves and an unpleasant smell.

    天仙子,莨菪

    Hyoscyamus niger, family Solanaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eliza apparently found foxglove, henbane, and jimson weed growing in Serena's pleasant little garden.
    • He also identified certain plants with pharmacological action such as mandragora or nightshade, opium and henbane and gave various recipes for inducing both anesthesia and analgesia before surgery.
    • Recipes of love stimulants frequently contained such plants, especially henbane, mandrake, and in later times thorn apple.
    • All that in a happier field and a purer air would expand into virtue and germinate into usefulness, is thus converted into henbane and deadly nightshade.
    • Take two drams of each of henbane seeds, opium, gum-benzoin and galabum, one dram of pepper and one dram of fennel and apply onto the painful tooth.
    1. 1.1mass noun A narcotic drink prepared from henbane.
      (从莨菪提炼的)麻醉剂
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dissolve in the drink half a dram each of darnel, fumitory, opium and henbane and half a carat of myrobalan.
      • With henbane, you would either wake up three or four days later without a leg, or not at all.

Definition of henbane in US English:

henbane

nounˈhɛnˌbeɪnˈhenˌbān
  • 1A coarse and poisonous Eurasian plant of the nightshade family, with sticky hairy leaves and an unpleasant smell.

    天仙子,莨菪

    Hyoscyamus niger, family Solanaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also identified certain plants with pharmacological action such as mandragora or nightshade, opium and henbane and gave various recipes for inducing both anesthesia and analgesia before surgery.
    • Eliza apparently found foxglove, henbane, and jimson weed growing in Serena's pleasant little garden.
    • Recipes of love stimulants frequently contained such plants, especially henbane, mandrake, and in later times thorn apple.
    • Take two drams of each of henbane seeds, opium, gum-benzoin and galabum, one dram of pepper and one dram of fennel and apply onto the painful tooth.
    • All that in a happier field and a purer air would expand into virtue and germinate into usefulness, is thus converted into henbane and deadly nightshade.
    1. 1.1 A psychoactive drink prepared from the henbane plant.
      (从莨菪提炼的)麻醉剂
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With henbane, you would either wake up three or four days later without a leg, or not at all.
      • Dissolve in the drink half a dram each of darnel, fumitory, opium and henbane and half a carat of myrobalan.
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