Nightshade Definition

nītshād
noun
Any of a large genus (Solanum) of chiefly tropical plants of the nightshade family, with five-lobed leaves and flowers of various colors, including the black nightshade.
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Belladonna.

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Henbane.

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adjective
Designating a large family (Solanaceae, order Solanales) of poisonous and nonpoisonous dicotyledonous plants chiefly of warm regions, generally having a round stem, rank smell, and watery sap, and including the tobaccos, red peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, petunias, and eggplant.
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Other Word Forms of Nightshade

Noun

Singular:
nightshade
Plural:
nightshades

Origin of Nightshade

  • Middle English from Old English nihtscada niht night night sceadu shade

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English nihtscada, apparently corresponding to night + shade.

    From Wiktionary

Nightshade Sentence Examples

  • Another account relates how he poisoned himself by eating deadly nightshade, other less specific reports simply say that he died from poisoning.

  • Someone had been hoeing up the weeds by the path, possibly the related woody nightshade which may have been its host.

  • On our August 2002 trip we found several new plants, including black nightshade, pink water speedwell, water plantain and dwarf spurge.

  • Plants include the wild daffodil, wood anemone and enchanters ' nightshade among others.

  • I have substituted some healing herbs for the crushed nightshade we found in Turok's quarters.

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Words Starting With

NNINIG

Words Ending With

EDEADE

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