GENUS ATROPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Atropa mean? 

• GENUS ATROPA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ATROPA has 1 sense:

1. belladonna

  Familiarity information: GENUS ATROPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ATROPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belladonna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atropa; genus Atropa

Hypernyms ("genus Atropa" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Atropa"):

Atropa belladonna; belladonna; belladonna plant; deadly nightshade (perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine)

Holonyms ("genus Atropa" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)