Obs. [med.L., reduced f. med.L. symphoniaca, a. Gr. συμφωνιακή. Cf. OF. simphonie.] a. The plant henbane, or a drug made from it. b. A species of amaranth.
In mod. Bot., a genus of the N. O. Guttiferæ.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health (1633), 308. Poysoned, drinke one dramme of Symphonia.
1728. Bradley, Dict. Bot., Symphonia, i. e. Amaranthus tricolor.
