hebenon
hebenon noun: a plant or flower used in Elizabethan times to make a poison (compare with John Gower's hebenus).
Noun
hebenon (uncountable)
- A plant or flower used in Elizabethan times to make a poison (compare with John Gower's hebenus).
- In few, the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane,
The juice of hebon, and Cocytus' breath.c. 1592, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta - […]vpon my ſecure houre
Thy vncle came, with iuyce of Hebona
In a viall[…]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell...
- In few, the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane,
Examples of hebenon in a sentence
- Tree of many names, and under any of them, of ill repute, was the hebenon, hebona, hebenus, hebon or heben.1977, Lesley Gordon, Green Magic: Flowers, Plants, & Herbs in Lore & Legend, page 99:
- From a compartment in his pouch, ranveer produces the dark glass vial of hebenon solution and gives it a few quick shakes.2021, Christian Cantrell, Scorpion:
Forms of hebenon
| alternative form | hebon |
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| alternative form | hebona |
Questions about hebenon
- What does hebenon mean?
- Hebenon means a plant or flower used in Elizabethan times to make a poison (compare with John Gower's hebenus).
- How do you use hebenon in a sentence?
- Tree of many names, and under any of them, of ill repute, was the hebenon, hebona, hebenus, hebon or heben.
- What part of speech is hebenon?
- Hebenon is a noun.
Words near hebenon in the dictionary
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