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Definition: Henbane |
HenbaneNoun1. Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Henbane \Hen"bane`\, noun. [Hen bane.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: HenbaneSynonyms: black henbane (n), stinking nightshade (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort, bhang, ganja, hashish; Upas tree. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Henbane |
| English words defined with "henbane": black henbane ♦ Egyptian henbane ♦ genus Hyoscyamus ♦ Hebenon, Hog's bean, Hyoscyamus ♦ stinking nightshade ♦ yellow henbane. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "henbane": Hebenon. (references) |
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 | Yellow Henbane.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Tabaco or Henbane of Peru. : Tabaco of Trinidada.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Expressions using "henbane": black henbane ♦ egyptian henbane ♦ yellow henbane. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
henbane | 29 |
niblick henbane | 5 |
black henbane | 4 |
beer brewing henbane | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "henbane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Shtarë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البنج نبات ذو خصائص مخدرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Буника. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 菪 , 菲沃斯. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Blín (nightshade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bulmeurt (black henbane, hyoscyamus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bilzekruid (black henbane, hyoscyamus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | villikaali. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Herbe Aux Poules. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwarzes Bilsenkraut (black henbane, hyoscyamus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Υοσκύαμοσ, Στρύχνοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Beléndek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Giusquiamo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus ny meisht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enbanehay mãselariţã. (various references) белена. (various references) gafann, detheoda. (various references) bunika. (various references) bolmört (black henbane, hyoscyamus). (various references) พืชจำพวก Hyoscyamus niger ใบมีหนามขนและมีกลิ่นเหม็น เป็นพืชที่ใช้ทำยาพิษ. (various references) banotu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | akira. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hyoscyamus niger, Hyoscyanus muticus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "henbane": henbanes. (additional references) | |
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"Henbane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benbane, Hanbin, heebner, henkan, Henlan, Honwana, Huancane, Wenban. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "henbane" (pronounced he"nbā'n) |
| 3 | -b ā' n | dogbane. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-n-n" | |
-2 letters: benne, henna. | |
-3 letters: bane, bean, been, bene, haen, hebe, nabe, nene. | |
-4 letters: ane, bah, ban, bee, ben, hae, hen, nab, nae, nah, nan, neb, nee. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ah, an, ba, be, eh, en, ha, he, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-h-n-n" | |
+1 letter: henbanes. | |
+5 letters: unchangeable, unquenchable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6E 62 61 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . -. -... .- -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101110 01100010 01100001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e n b a n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006E 0062 0061 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718068678071 |
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