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nounany of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruittype of:
Definition that contains nightshade
- atropine a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
- genus circaea enchanter's nightshade
- sunberry improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
- solanum burbankii improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
- circaea enchanter's nightshade
- solanum rostratum North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
- silver-leaved nettle weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
- genus solanum type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
- wonderberry improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
- solanum elaeagnifolium weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America