Belladonna - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: belladonnaBelladonna
An herbaceous European plant Atropa belladonna with reddish bell shaped flowers and shining black berries The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains Called also deadly nightshade...
Deaths herb
The deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna...
Deliriant
A poison which occasions a persistent delirium or mental aberration as belladonna...
Dwale
The deadly nightshade Atropa Belladonna having stupefying qualities...
Henbane
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus Hyoscyamus niger All parts of the plant are poisonous and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna It is poisonous to domestic fowls whence the name Called also stinking nightshade from the fetid odor of the plant See Hyoscyamus...
Hyoscyamine
An alkaloid found in henbane Hyoscyamus niger and regarded as its active principle It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade It is extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp offensive taste Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine is very poisonous and is used as a medicine for neuralgia like belladonna Called also hyoscyamia duboisine etc...
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