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Nightshade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of several plants of the genus Solanum, such as the bittersweet nightshade, most of which have a poisonous juice.

n. Any of various similar or related plants, such as belladonna.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

n. Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.

n. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.

n. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A plant of the genus Solanum, or of the Solanaceæ or nightshade family.

n. The name of a few plants of other orders, as below.

n. The darkness of the night.

n. A prostitute.

n. Solanum aculeatisdmum, a shrubby and prickly species with yellow berries found from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit

Word Usage

"Despite much publicity, there is no scientific evidence to support the theory that arthritis is made worse by the so-called nightshade vegetables, which include tomatoes, potatoes, green pepper, and eggplant."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ligneous plant woody plant

Cross Reference

deadly nightshade enchanter's nightshade silver-leafed nightshade garden nightshade three-leafed nightshade

Hyponym

african holly purple nightshade horse nettle poison-berry winter cherry

Form

black nightshade enchanter's nightshade deadly nightshade

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