herbe du diable

French

Alternative forms

• herbe au diable

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.b(ə) dy djabl/

Noun

herbe du diable f (plural herbes du diable)

1. Synonym of stramoine (“jimsonweed”) (Datura stramonium)

Further reading

• “stramonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “herbe” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.