nightshade

[ nahyt-sheyd ]

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
any of various other related plants, as the deadly nightshade.

nightshade

/ ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd /

any of various solanaceous plants, such as deadly nightshade, woody nightshade, and black nightshade
See enchanter's nightshade
See enchanter's nightshade

before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtscada. See night, shade

Old English nihtscada, apparently night + shade , referring to the poisonous or soporific qualities of these plants

An alkaloid discovered by Brandes in atropa belladonna or deadly nightshade.

We do not place among them that popular plant, the potato, though it has the blood of the nightshade in its veins.

Webster recrossed the woods as he had entered it, waded through the nightshade and climbed the fence under the dark tree.

Some berries of several plants belonging to the nightshade family have this peculiarity, as well as some of the cucurbits.

From these grounds men have expelled the poison ivy, the deadly nightshade, all burdocks and thistles.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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