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[syn: henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All
parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for
the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade,
from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stinking nightshade
n 1: poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, stinking
nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger]