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white henbane

white henbane noun: the plant Hyoscyamus albus.

Noun

white henbane (uncountable)

  1. The plant Hyoscyamus albus.
    • The thirde whiche hath white flowers, is called Hyoſcyamus albus, that is to ſay, White Henbane. / The Choiſe. / The white Henbane is beſt to be vſed in medicine.[…]The ſeede of the white Henbane, and the leaues are cold in the third degree.1578, Rembert Dodoens, translated by Henry Lyte, A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes: Wherin is Contayned the VVhole Discourse and Perfect Description of All Sortes of Herbes and Plantes: Their...
    • The Henbanes, notably Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) and White Henbane (H. albus), have long been utilised as magic, medicinal and hallucinogenic herbs in Europe and the Far East.2013, Cheryll J. Williams, “Ancient Drugs in a Modern World”, in Medicinal Plants in Australia, volume 4 (An Antipodean Apothecary), Rosenberg, →ISBN, section “The Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)”...

Origin of white henbane

From Middle English white henbane, a calque of Latin iusquamus albus.

Questions about white henbane

What does white henbane mean?
White henbane means the plant Hyoscyamus albus.
What part of speech is white henbane?
White henbane is a noun.

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