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

English Dictionary: Solanum nigrum	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Solanum nigrum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solanum nigrum n Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible Synonym(s): black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison- berry, Solanum nigrum
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade ({Solanum nigrum}), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also {solonia}, and {solanina}.