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nightshade

UK /ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/ | US /ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/

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

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  • (noun) Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
  • (noun) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
  • (noun) Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
  2. 2
    noun Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
  3. 3
    noun Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
  4. 4
    noun Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
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