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noun
- (botany) Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
- (botany) (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
- belladonna, Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
Etymology: Old English nihtscada, apparently corresponding to night + shade.
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