Definition of Hyosciamus

||Hy`os*cy"a*mus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; a sow, hog + &?; a bean.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.

2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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