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[syn: black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison-berry, Solanum nigrum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of
common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and
from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having
an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and
solanina.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
(a) .
Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Solanum nigrum
n 1: Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers
and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that
are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible [syn: black
nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison-
berry, Solanum nigrum]