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Definition of: stramonium
(strə·mō′nē·əm) noun
1. The jim-sonweed.
2. A drug prepared from the dried leaves and flowering tops of this plant, used as a sedative, especially in asthma. Also stram·o·ny (stram′ə·nē). [<NL <Med. L stramonia,? ult. <Tatar turman, a medicine for horses]
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