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nightshade (plural nightshades)
- Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
- (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
- Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
- Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
Etymology
From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, from Proto-West Germanic ﹡nahtskadō (“nightshade”), corresponding to night + shade. Compare Dutch nachtschade (“nightshade”), German Nachtschatten (“nightshade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/
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