Definitions for henbane

henbane hen·bane

Spelling: [hen-beyn]
IPA: /ˈhɛnˌbeɪn/

Henbane is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in henbane (abeehnn).

Definitions for henbane

noun

  1. 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 especially destructive to domestic fowls.

Origin of henbane

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at hen, bane

Examples for henbane

Extracts of henbane and Valerian, and oxide of zinc, equal parts.

Mullein and nettle, henbane and wormwood, all are English emigrants.

The henbane, the sorrel, and the thistle, especially nourish them.

Mr. henbane was listening very lugubriously to this dissertation.

From the leaves of common ivy, by infusion, as ointment of henbane.

Let us hope that Eavesdrop will sketch off henbane, and that henbane will poison him for his trouble.

The English henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) abounds in waste places.

In this way belladonna, camphor, and henbane, are often administered.

It is rather as if one said: "The potato is virtuous, henbane is criminal."

Mr. henbane had also departed, on the wings of an infallible antidote.

Word Value for henbane
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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