noun.
A poisonous perennial herb (Atropa belladonna) native to Eurasia and northern Africa and naturalized in parts of North America, having nodding, purplish-brown, bell-shaped flowers and glossy black berries.
noun.
An alkaloidal extract or tincture derived from this plant and used in medicine.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A plant, Atropa Belladonna, or deadly nightshade, natural order Solanaceæ, a native of central and southern Europe.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
noun.
A species of Amaryllis (Amaryllis belladonna); the belladonna lily.
noun.
a plant, Atropa belladonna, having purplebell-shapedflowers and poisonousblackglossyberries; deadly nightshade
noun.
an alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine
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noun.
an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally
noun.
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
Word Usage
"She had read about some of them in her herbology book: a substance called belladonna, which women applied to their eyes to beautify the pupils and which could lead to blindness, and another one called arsenic, which women swallowed in order to improve their skin and which was fatal in large enough doses."