DEADLY NIGHTSHADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deadly nightshade mean? 

• DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (noun)
  The noun DEADLY NIGHTSHADE has 2 senses:

1. perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

2. poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

  Familiarity information: DEADLY NIGHTSHADE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atropa belladonna; belladonna; belladonna plant; deadly nightshade

Hypernyms ("deadly nightshade" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("deadly nightshade" is a member of...):

Atropa; genus Atropa (belladonna)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; deadly nightshade; poisonous nightshade; Solanum dulcamara; woody nightshade

Hypernyms ("deadly nightshade" is a kind of...):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)

Holonyms ("deadly nightshade" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)