Solanum dulcamara : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Solanum dulcamara	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Solanum dulcamara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solanum dulcamara n poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America Synonym(s): bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter.] (Bot.) A plant ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See {Bittersweet}, n., 3 (a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dulcamarin \Dul`ca*ma"rin\, n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet ({Solanum Dulcamara}), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See {Bittersweet}, 3 (a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n. 1. Anything which is bittersweet. 2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower. 3. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries ({Solanum dulcamara}); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. (b) An American woody climber ({Celastrus scandens}), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called {Roxbury waxwork}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Felonwort \Fel"on*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The bittersweet nightshade ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See {Bittersweet}.