nightshade family
11nightshade — noun /ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/ a) Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. b) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and… …
12black nightshade — noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible • Syn: ↑common nightshade, ↑poisonberry, ↑poison berry, ↑Solanum nigrum •… …
13Purple nightshade — Taxobox name = Solanum xanti regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Asteridae ordo = Solanales familia = Solanaceae genus = Solanum species = S. xanti binomial = Solanum xanti binomial authority = A.… …
14List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …
15black nightshade — n. a poisonous plant (Solanum nigrum) of the nightshade family, with white, star shaped flowers and dark berries, widespread as a weed in North America …
16black nightshade — a common weed, Solanum nigrum, of the nightshade family, having poisonous leaves, white flowers, and black edible berries. [1810 20] * * * …
17deadly 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 …
18black nightshade — black′ night′shade n. pln a common weed, Solanum nigrum, of the nightshade family, having poisonous leaves, white flowers, and edible black berries • Etymology: 1810–20 …
19Mace and Nightshade — are cartoon characters in the C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) series licensed by Hasbro which ran from 1988 1989.Mace and Nightshade s ProfileMace (renamed as Titan in Brazilian version), a hardened COP, and Nightshade, a… …
20Wood nightshade — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …
