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Definition of nightshade
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Nightshade
(n.) A
common
name of many
species
of the genus
Solanum,
given esp. to the
Solanum
nigrum,
or black
nightshade,
a low,
branching
weed with small white
flowers
and black
berries
reputed
to be
poisonous..
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Banewort
::
Banewort
(n.)
Deadly
nightshade.
Trillium
::
Trillium
(n.) A genus of
liliaceous
plants;
the
three-leaved
nightshade;
-- so
called
because
all the parts of the plant are in
threes.
Hyoscyamus
::
Hyoscyamus
(n.) A genus of
poisonous
plants
of the
Nightshade
family;
henbane.
Atropine
::
Atropine
(n.) A
poisonous,
white,
crystallizable
alkaloid,
extracted
from the
Atropa
belladonna,
or
deadly
nightshade,
and the
Datura
Stramonium,
or thorn
apple.
It is
remarkable
for its power in
dilating
the pupil of the eye.
Called
also
daturine..
Morelle
::
Morelle
(n.)
Nightshade.
See 2d
Morel.
Solanum
::
Solanum
(n.) A genus of
plants
comprehending
the
potato
(S.
tuberosum),
the
eggplant
(S.
melongena,
and
several
hundred
other
species;
nightshade..
Alkekengi
::
Alkekengi
(n.) An
herbaceous
plant of the
nightshade
family
(Physalis
alkekengi)
and its
fruit,
which is a well
flavored
berry,
the size of a
cherry,
loosely
inclosed
in a
enlarged
leafy
calyx;
-- also
called
winter
cherry,
ground
cherry,
and
strawberry
tomato..
Hyoscyamine
::
Hyoscyamine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in
henbane
(Hyoscyamus
niger),
and
regarded
as its
active
principle.
It is also found with other
alkaloids
in the thorn apple and
deadly
nightshade.
It is
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance,
with a
sharp,
offensive
taste.
Hyoscyamine
is
isomeric
with
atropine,
is very
poisonous,
and is used as a
medicine
for
neuralgia,
like
belladonna.
Called
also
hyoscyamia,
duboisine,
etc..
Nightshade
::
Nightshade
(n.) A
common
name of many
species
of the genus
Solanum,
given esp. to the
Solanum
nigrum,
or black
nightshade,
a low,
branching
weed with small white
flowers
and black
berries
reputed
to be
poisonous..
Tomato
::
Tomato
(n.) The fruit of a plant of the
Nightshade
family
(Lycopersicum
esculentun);
also, the plant
itself.
The
fruit,
which is
called
also love
apple,
is
usually
of a
rounded,
flattened
form, but often
irregular
in
shape.
It is of a
bright
red or
yellow
color,
and is eaten
either
cooked
or
uncooked..
Bittersweet
::
Bittersweet
(n.) A
climbing
shrub,
with oval
coral-red
berries
(Solanum
dulcamara);
woody
nightshade.
The whole plant is
poisonous,
and has a taste at first
sweetish
and then
bitter.
The
branches
are the
officinal
dulcamara..
Three-leaved
::
Three-leaved
(a.)
Producing
three
leaves;
as,
three-leaved
nightshade..
Felonwort
::
Felonwort
(n.) The
bittersweet
nightshade
(Solanum
Dulcamara).
See
Bittersweet.
Morel
::
Morel (n.)
Nightshade;
-- so
called
from its
blackish
purple
berries.
Tobacco
::
Tobacco
(n.) An
American
plant
(Nicotiana
Tabacum)
of the
Nightshade
family,
much used for
smoking
and
chewing,
and as
snuff.
As a
medicine,
it is
narcotic,
emetic,
and
cathartic.
Tobacco
has a
strong,
peculiar
smell,
and an acrid
taste..
Henbane
::
Henbane
(n.) A plant of the genus
Hyoscyamus
(H.
niger).
All parts of the plant are
poisonous,
and the
leaves
are used for the same
purposes
as
belladonna.
It is
poisonous
to
domestic
fowls;
whence
the name.
Called
also,
stinking
nightshade,
from the fetid odor of the
plant.
See
Hyoscyamus..
Mandrake
::
Mandrake
(n.) A low plant
(Mandragora
officinarum)
of the
Nightshade
family,
having
a
fleshy
root, often
forked,
and
supposed
to
resemble
a man. It was
therefore
supposed
to have
animal
life, and to cry out when
pulled
up. All parts of the plant are
strongly
narcotic.
It is found in the
Mediterranean
region..
Solanine
::
Solanine
(n.) A
poisonous
alkaloid
glucoside
extracted
from the
berries
of
common
nightshade
(Solanum
nigrum),
and of
bittersweet,
and from
potato
sprouts,
as a white
crystalline
substance
having
an
acrid,
burning
taste;
--
called
also
solonia,
and
solanina..
Dwale
::
Dwale (a.) The
deadly
nightshade
(Atropa
Belladonna),
having
stupefying
qualities..
Belladonna
::
Belladonna
(n.) An
herbaceous
European
plant
(Atropa
belladonna)
with
reddish
bell-shaped
flowers
and
shining
black
berries.
The whole plant and its fruit are very
poisonous,
and the root and
leaves
are used as
powerful
medicinal
agents.
Its
properties
are
largely
due to the
alkaloid
atropine
which it
contains.
Called
also
deadly
nightshade..
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