Definition of bane

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Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe..

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Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles..
Bugwort :: Bugwort (n.) Bugbane.
Hebenon :: Hebenon (n.) See Henbane.
Oxbane :: Oxbane (n.) A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.
Ratsbane :: Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison; white arsenic.
Bane :: Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe..
Oleander :: Oleander (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose..
Dog's-bane :: Dog's-bane (n.) See Dogbane.
Flybane :: Flybane (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric..
Urbane :: Urbane (a.) Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
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.
Arsenic :: Arsenic (n.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane..
Nitrobenzene :: Nitrobenzene (n.) A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol..
Fleabane :: Fleabane (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria..
Leopard''s Bane :: Leopard's bane () A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia..
Inurbanity :: Inurbanity (n.) Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
Cicuta :: Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known..
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
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