deadly nightshade

noun

The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.

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Meanings

noundeadly nightshade (plural deadly nightshades)

plural deadly nightshades

  1. The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.

    Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 157

    Synonyms: belladonna, poisonberry

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.

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belladonnapoisonberry

More synonyms by meaning

nounperennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

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belladonnabelladonna plantAtropa belladonna
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounpoisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

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Broader
nightshade
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belladonnabittersweetclimbing nightshadenaughty man's cherrywoody nightshade

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἱππόφλομος
  • ἱππόφλομος (hippóphlomos)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Arabic سِتّ الْحُسْن, بِلادُونَا
  • سِتّ الْحُسْن (sitt al-ḥusn)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • بِلادُونَا (bilādūnā)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • بِيلَادُونَا (bīlādūnā)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Bulgarian беладо́на, лудо биле
  • беладо́на (beladóna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • лудо билеdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Catalan belladona
  • belladonadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Chinese Mandarin 顛茄 /颠茄
  • 顛茄 /颠茄 (diānqié)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Czech rulík zlomocný
  • rulík zlomocnýdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Danish galnebær
  • galnebærdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Dutch wolfskers, belladonna
  • wolfskersdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • belladonnadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Esperanto beladono
  • beladonodeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Finnish myrkkykoiso, belladonna
  • myrkkykoisodeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • belladonnadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
French belladone
  • belladonedeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
German schwarze Tollkirsche, Tollkirsche
  • schwarze Tollkirschedeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • Tollkirschedeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Greek μπελαντόνα, άτροπος
  • μπελαντόνα (belantóna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • άτροπος (átropos)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Hebrew יפהפייה
  • יפהפייה (yefefiyá)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Hungarian nadragulya, maszlagos nadragulya
  • nadragulyadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • maszlagos nadragulyadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Irish lus na hoíche
  • lus na hoíchedeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Italian belladonna
  • belladonnadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Japanese ベラドンナ
  • ベラドンナ (beradonna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Korean 벨라돈나, 벨라도나
  • 벨라돈나 (belladonna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • 벨라도나 (belladona)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Latin solanum
  • solanumdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Lithuanian vaistinė šunvyšnė, šunvyšnė
  • vaistinė šunvyšnėdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • šunvyšnėdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Norwegian belladonnaurt
  • belladonnaurtdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Persian بلادون, بلادونا
  • بلادون (bellâdon)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • بلادونا (bellâdonâ)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • شابیزک (šâbizak)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Polish wilcza jagoda, pokrzyk
  • wilcza jagodadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • pokrzykdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • pokrzyk wilcza jagodadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • belladonnadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Portuguese beladona
  • beladonadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Romanian beladonă, mătrăgună
  • beladonădeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • mătrăgunădeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Russian белладо́нна, краса́вка
  • белладо́нна (bɛlladónna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • краса́вка (krasávka)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Scottish Gaelic lus na h-oidhche
  • lus na h-oidhchedeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Slovak ľuľkovec zlomocný
  • ľuľkovec zlomocnýdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Spanish belladona
  • belladonadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Swedish belladonna
  • belladonnadeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Turkish güzelavrat otu
  • güzelavrat otudeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Ukrainian белладо́нна
  • белладо́нна (belladónna)deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Welsh codwarth, ceirios y gŵr drwg
  • codwarthdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
  • ceirios y gŵr drwgdeadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna
Cite this entry
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Chicago

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