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A preparation of the dried leaves or poisonous seeds of the jimson weed, with medical and other uses.
‘In 1944, I used to treat my Parkinsonism patients with tincture of stramonium (from jimsonweed) which was the only drug that we had.’
‘In Datura stramonium, no effect of inbreeding could be detected on resistance to two herbivores.’
‘Other herbaceous plants included Abutilon theophrasti, Cycloloma atriplicifolium, Datura stramonium and Xanthium strumarium and the planted Maclura pomifera.’
‘The vivid imageries encountered with stramonium intoxication appear to be of simple objects such as flowers, small people, animals, or colors.’
‘The most common ingredients prescribed were iodides, organic nitrites, stramonium, belladonna, atropine, hyoscyamus, tobacco smoke, and menthol.’
Origin
Mid 17th century: modern Latin (part of the plant's binomial), perhaps an alteration of Tatar turman ‘horse medicine’.