Nightshade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nightshade	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Nightshade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nightshade n any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.) 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. {Deadly nightshade}. Same as {Belladonna} (a) . {Enchanter's nightshade}. See under {Enchanter}. {Stinking nightshade}. See {Henbane}. {Three-leaved nightshade}. See {Trillium}.