nightshade

A plant of the nightshade family, especially a poisonous one of the genus Solanum or Atropa, such as bittersweet nightshade or belladonna.

Solanum aculeatisdmum, a shrubby and prickly species with yellow berries found from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas.

A plant of the genus Solanum, or of the Solanaceæ or nightshade family.

The name of a few plants of other orders, as below.

The darkness of the night.

A prostitute.

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.

Same as Belladonna (a).

See under Enchanter.

See Henbane.