Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plant of the nightshade family, especially a poisonous one of the genus Solanum or Atropa, such as bittersweet nightshade or belladonna.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Solanum aculeatisdmum, a shrubby and prickly species with yellow berries found from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas.
- noun A plant of the genus Solanum, or of the Solanaceæ or nightshade family.
- noun The name of a few plants of other orders, as below.
- noun The darkness of the night.
- noun A prostitute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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. - noun Same as
Belladonna (a). - noun See under
Enchanter . - noun See
Henbane . - noun See
Trillium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus
Solanum , especially black nightshade orwoody nightshade . - noun botany, colloquial Any plant of the wider
Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well astomato ,potato ,eggplant , anddeadly nightshade . - noun
Belladonna ordeadly nightshade , Atropa belladonna. - noun Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And yet it's also classified as a nightshade which, along with potatoes, peppers and eggplants, are considered toxic by many health gurus.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen: The Problem With Banning Soda Purchases With Food Stamps Charlotte Hilton Andersen 2010
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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.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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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.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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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.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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The babe does not know that the nightshade is a poison; but its mother knows.
The Well of Saint Clare Anatole France 1884
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We do not call the nightshade a weed in our hedges, nor the scarlet agaric in our woods.
Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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And there were interesting plants; for example, I now know what one kind of nightshade looks like.
August 20th, 2006 2006
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a species of nightshade, which is to be found abundantly in the neighbourhood of Jericho.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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The plant is different from deadly nightshade which is rare in New Zealand.
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From the mistranslation department: Culinaria one day featured baked "nightshade" as part of its takeaway menu.
The Prague Post 2008
hernesheir commented on the word nightshade
A strain of medicinal marijuana.
January 15, 2010
qms commented on the word nightshade
A Solanaceae Family Reunion
The family still tries to keep touch:
While Spuds don't socialize much
The Peppers will gab
At any confab.
(Tomatoes will weep and then clutch.)
The happy throng fills the bright glades,
But Aubergine quails as light fades.
A shadow fell upon her
Of deadly Belladonna,
The lunatic aunt of Nightshades.
The laughter dies down if she stays
But rises again when she strays
From nervous relief!
Their season's so brief
They'll not be denied salad days.
March 4, 2017