nightshade : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade
  Circaea alpina.
  

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• noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
  horse nettle; Solanum carolinense; bull nettle; ball nettle.
  

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• noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
  black nightshade; poisonberry; Solanum nigrum; poison-berry.
  

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• noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
  black nightshade; poisonberry; Solanum nigrum; poison-berry.
  

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• noun perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
  belladonna; belladonna plant; Atropa belladonna.
  
• noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
  

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• . Same as Belladonna (a).

Webster 1913

• noun any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere
  

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• (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

Webster 1913

• noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• noun poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
  henbane; black henbane; Hyoscyamus niger.
  

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• . See Henbane.

Webster 1913

• . See Trillium.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), woody nightshade.

Webster 1913

• noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
  

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• . (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a).

Webster 1913