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GENUS HYOSCYAMUS

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Meaning:

Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane

Synonyms:

genus Hyoscyamus; Hyoscyamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Hyoscyamus" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hyoscyamus"):

black henbane; henbane; Hyoscyamus niger; stinking nightshade (poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine)

Egyptian henbane; Hyoscyamus muticus (poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine)

Holonyms ("genus Hyoscyamus" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)

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