| 词汇 | insane root |
| 词源 | insane root. Banquo says to the witches in Macbeth: Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten the insane root That takes the reason prisoner? Either henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) or poison hemlock (Coni- um maculatum), the hemlock that killed Socrates, is the insane root of the ancients that was supposed to deprive anyone who ingested it of his senses. |
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