nightshade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/
Forms: form: nightshades
Etymology: From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, corresponding to night + shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.
Senses: glosses: Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
glosses: Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
glosses: Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
glosses: Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
synonyms: rabiazorras
glosses: Wind that blows from where the sun rises.
glosses: Hot and suffocating wind, wherever is its course.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Solanum spp.
word: African nightshade
word: alpine enchanter's nightshade
word: American nightshade
word: Argentine nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum bahamense
word: Bahama nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum carolinense
word: ball nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum rostratum
word: beaked nightshade
taxonomic: Circaea spp.
word: bindweed nightshade
word: bitter nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: bittersweet nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum nigrum
word: black nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: blue nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum rostratum
word: buffalobur nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: climbing nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum nigrum
word: common nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum triflorum
word: cutleaf nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: deadly nightshade
taxonomic: Circaea spp.
word: enchanter's nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum aethiopicum
word: Ethiopian nightshade
taxonomic: Hyoscyamus niger
word: fetid nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum nigrum
word: garden nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum physalifolium
word: green nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum spp.
word: hairy nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum physalifolium
word: hoe nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum aculeatissimum
word: Indian nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum jamaicense
word: Jamaican nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum lanceifolium
word: lance-leaved nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum sarrachoides
word: leafy-fruited nightshade
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: Malabar nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum heterodoxum
word: melon-leaved nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum lanceolatum
word: orangeberry nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum torvum
word: prickly nightshade
alt: Solanum villosum; Phytolacca americana
word: red nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum campechiense
word: redberry nightshade
word: shrubby nightshade
word: silver-leaved nightshade
word: silverleaf nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum elaeagnifolium
word: silver-leaf nightshade
word: small enchanter's nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum triflorum
word: small nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum aculeastrum
word: sodaapple nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum rostratum
word: spiny nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum sisymbriifolium
word: sticky nightshade
taxonomic: Hyoscyamus niger
word: stinking nightshade
alt: Solanum giganteum; Solanum chenopodioides
word: tall nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dimidiatum
word: Torrey's nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum citrullifolium
word: watermelon nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum ptychanthum
word: West Indian nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum tampicense
word: wetland nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum marginatum
word: white-margined nightshade
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: woody nightshade
alt: Solanum mauritianum; Solanum villosum
word: woolly nightshade
alt: Solanum villosum; Physalis crassifolia
word: yellow nightshade
Related terms: petit morel
petty morel