SCOPOLAMINE

[sco.pol.amine] n [G Scopolamin, fr. NL Scopolia, genus of plants + G Amin amine] (1892): a poisonous alkaloid found in various plants (as jimsonweed) of the nightshade family and used esp. as a truth serum or usu. with morphine as a sedative in surgery and obstetrics--called also hyoscine