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Word: nightshade (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

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

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