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hen•bane
Pronunciation: (hen'bān"), [key]—
n.
an Old World plant,
Hyoscyamus niger, of the nightshade family, having sticky, hairy fetid foliage and greenish-yellow flowers, and possessing narcotic and poisonous properties esp. destructive to domestic fowls.
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