'Henbane' definitions:
Definition of 'henbane'
(from WordNet)
noun
Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger]
Definition of 'Henbane'
From: GCIDE
- Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]