Henbane is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HENBANE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a plant of the nightshade family, noted for its poisonous and narcotic properties
• a poisonous Eurasian plant of the nightshade family, with sticky hairy leaves and an unpleasant smell.
• a narcotic drink prepared from henbane.
• poisonous plant with sticky hairy leaves
• A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. 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.
• poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a poisonous herb

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Words that contain HENBANE

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How to use HENBANE in a sentence

• And having dried him thoroughly, he rubbed him with a waxy ointment that smelled of henbane and poppies, until the aching was almost gone.
• All that, in a happier field and a purer air, would expand into virtue and germinate into usefulness, is thus concerted into henbane and deadly nightshade.
• The old witch Henbane, who acted as housekeeper, and the three pages, were called into the presence of the wizard, to receive instructions from him.
• In some districts horsedealers mix the seed of Henbane with their oats, in order to fatten the animals.
• An instance is narrated where the roots of Henbane were cooked by mistake at a monastery for the supper of its inmates, and produced most strange results.

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