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Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.]
(Chem.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.]
(Bot.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
(a) .
Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Solanum nigrum noun
Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers
and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries
that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible [syn: black
nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison-berry]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.]
(Bot.)
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.
Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
(a) .
Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.]
(Chem.)
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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