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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 | ![]() |
Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus 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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ![]() |
stinking nightshade noun
poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, Hyoscyamus
niger]
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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) | ![]() |
Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.]
(Bot.)
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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