Definition of bane

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Bane (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality..

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Dog's-bane :: Dog's-bane (n.) See Dogbane.
Country :: Country (a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners..
Wolfsbane :: Wolfsbane (n.) A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite..
Hyoscine :: Hyoscine (n.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance..
Bane :: Bane (n.) Destruction; death.
Inurbane :: Inurbane (a.) Uncivil; unpolished; rude.
Bane :: Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot..
Aconite :: Aconite (n.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous..
Abanet :: Abanet (n.) See Abnet.
Cicuta :: Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known..
Apocyneous :: Apocyneous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type..
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project..
Henbane :: Henbane (n.) 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..
Bane :: Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe..
Leopard''s Bane :: Leopard's bane () A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia..
Baneberry :: Baneberry (n.) A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous..
Ratsbane :: Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison; white arsenic.
Inurbanity :: Inurbanity (n.) Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
Baneful :: Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
Turbaned :: Turbaned (a.) Wearing a turban.
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