henbane
English
/ˈhɛnbeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.
- Any other plant of the genus Hyoscyamus.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English henbane compound from English hen + English bane.
Origin
English
bane
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bane English
- baneberry English
- baneful English
- banewort English
- bugbane English
- bush-hen English
- cowbane English
- dogbane English
- fleabane English
- flybane English
- gorhen English
- hen English
- hencoop English
- henfest English
- henhood English
- henhouse English
- henless English
- henlike English
- hennery English
- hennish English
- henpeck English
- henpecked English
- henroost English
- henwife English
- henyard English
- leopardsbane English
- moorhen English
- mudhen English
- newshen English
- oxbane English
- peahen English
- ratsbane English
- sagehen English
- sea hen English
- sowbane English
- swamphen English
- turkey-hen English
- water hen English
- waterhen English
- wolfsbane English
- woodhen English
- bane Middle English
- hen Middle English
- henbane Middle English
- hano Old High German
- hannebanne Norman
- hen
- bane
- mudhen
- oxbane
- peahen
- gorhen
- sagehen
- flybane
- henhood
- baneful
- henless
- woodhen
- dogbane
- sowbane
- hennery
- henpeck
- hennish
- newshen
- hencoop
- moorhen
- bugbane
- henlike
- henyard
- henfest
- cowbane
- henwife
- sea hen
- henroost
- fleabane
- henhouse
- banewort
- waterhen
- ratsbane
- bush-hen
- swamphen
- henpecked
- baneberry
- wolfsbane
- water hen
- turkey-hen
- leopardsbane