Hebenon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hebenon is a noun meaning (now rare) A plant or flower used in Elizabethan times to make a poison (compare with John Gower's hebenus).
Meaning
(now rare) A plant or flower used in Elizabethan times to make a poison (compare with John Gower's hebenus).
Example Sentences
[…]vpon my ſecure houre Thy vncle came, with iuyce of Hebona In a viall[…]
Vpon my ſecure hower thy Vncle ſtole With iuyce of curſed Hebenon in a Violl[…]
In few, the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane, The juice of hebon, and Cocytus' breath.
Grim Mancinella haunts the mossy bed, Brews her black hebenon, and stealing near Pours the curst venom in his tortured ear.
Word Forms
- hebon
- hebona
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include behen, poisonpie, henbane, bane, helleborine, hellebore.
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