Meaning Of The Word Nightshade

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nightshade in American English
any of a large genus (Solanum) of chiefly tropical plants of the nightshade family, with five-lobed leaves and flowers of various colors, including the black nightshade
designating a large family (Solanaceae, order Solanales) of poisonous and nonpoisonous dicotyledonous plants chiefly of warm regions, generally having a round stem, rank smell, and watery sap, and including the tobaccos, red peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, p
noun: any of various plants of the genus Solanum, esp. the black nightshade or the bittersweet

nightshade in British English
noun: any of various solanaceous plants, such as deadly nightshade, woody nightshade, and black nightshade

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