Lexicon:Datura stramonium (Maturin's Medicine)
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| Term: | datura stramonium |
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| References: | The Yellow Admiral, page 24 |
| Meaning: | Datura is a herb of the nightshade family, poisonous, with an unpleasant odor. Stramonium is the dried leaves and flowering top of the jimson weed, formerly used as an antispasmodic and a sedative (it can also be an hallucinogenic). |
Notes:
See also, Lexicon:Datura stramonium (Guide for the Perplexed).
Additional information
Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.
