Nightshade /(?)/
Night·shade
Nightshade
n.
- A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Deadly nightshade
- Same as Belladonna (a).
- Enchanter's nightshade
- See under Enchanter.
- Stinking nightshade
- See Henbane.
- Three-leaved nightshade
- See Trillium.