Definition of bane

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Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot..

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Flybane :: Flybane (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric..
Abanet :: Abanet (n.) See Abnet.
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project..
Sowbane :: Sowbane (n.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine..
Noxious :: Noxious (a.) Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples..
Apocyneous :: Apocyneous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type..
Turbaned :: Turbaned (a.) Wearing a turban.
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..
Cowbane :: Cowbane (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock..
Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.
Poisonous :: Poisonous (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.
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..
Hebenon :: Hebenon (n.) See Henbane.
Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
Bane :: Bane (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality..
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..
Urbanity :: Urbanity (n.) The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.
Oxbane :: Oxbane (n.) A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.
Cicuta :: Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known..
Hyoscine :: Hyoscine (n.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance..
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