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night·shade
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belladonna
either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade -
bittersweet
If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. -
black nightshade
a poisonous solanaceous plant, Solanum nigrum, a common weed in cultivated land, having small white flowers with backward-curved petals and black berry-like fruits -
nightshade family
the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato. -
solanaceous
belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants. -
angel's-trumpet
any of several plants belonging to the genera Brugmansia and Datura, of the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.