estramonio . ( Of the lat. ) mod. ( stramonium ). 1. m. herbaceous plant of the family Solanaceae, with stems ramosos of four to six decimetres, large, wide and toothed leaves, large, white flowers and a single petal way funnel, and fruit as a nut, prickly, and filled its cells of the size of a hemp seeds. The entire plant exhales a strong odor, and its dried leaves were used as medication against the conditions of asthma, smoking them mixed with tobacco, and the leaves and seeds, such as narcotic and antispasmodic.