"nightshade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/ Forms: nightshades [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, corresponding to night + shade. Compare German Nachtschatten. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nyȝtschade}} Middle English nyȝtschade, {{m|enm|niȝteschode}} niȝteschode, {{m|enm|nyght shade}} nyght shade, {{inh|en|ang|nihtsċada}} Old English nihtsċada, {{compound|en|night|shade}} night + shade, {{cog|de|Nachtschatten}} German Nachtschatten Head templates: {{en-noun}} nightshade (plural nightshades)
  1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. Categories (lifeform): Nightshades, Solanums Translations (plant of genus Solanum): therpelë du (Albanian), στρύχνον (strúkhnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), մորմ (morm) (Armenian), кучешко грозде (kučeško grozde) [neuter] (Bulgarian), morella [feminine] (Catalan), 茄屬植物 (Chinese Mandarin), 茄属植物 (Chinese Mandarin), lilek [masculine] (Czech), nachtschade [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), solano (Esperanto), koiso (Finnish), morelle [feminine] (French), Nachtschattengewächs [neuter] (German), csucsor (Hungarian), ebszőlő (Hungarian), lus na hoíche [masculine] (Irish), sōlānum [neuter] (Latin), loba [feminine] (Latin), kiauliauogė (Lithuanian), зрнец (zrnec) [masculine] (Macedonian), raupeti (Maori), remuroa (Maori), hundesberle (Old English), psianka [feminine] (Polish), паслён (pasljón) [masculine] (Russian), solanácea [feminine] (Spanish), nattskatta [common-gender] (Swedish), potatisväxt [common-gender] (Swedish), паслі́н (paslín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пасльо́н (paslʹón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nightshade-en-noun-DE~Nu3RT Disambiguation of Nightshades: 27 25 22 26 Disambiguation of Solanums: 42 21 16 21 Disambiguation of 'plant of genus Solanum': 72 16 9 3
  2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade. Tags: colloquial Categories (lifeform): Nightshades
    Sense id: en-nightshade-en-noun-sjY7Wmgo Disambiguation of Nightshades: 27 25 22 26
  3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Categories (lifeform): Nightshades
    Sense id: en-nightshade-en-noun-TjNaTC3I Disambiguation of Nightshades: 27 25 22 26 Categories (other): English autohyponyms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English autohyponyms: 22 24 35 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 21 37 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 23 40 10
  4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries. Categories (lifeform): Nightshades
    Sense id: en-nightshade-en-noun-qnpObDRG Disambiguation of Nightshades: 27 25 22 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: petit morel, petty morel
Derived forms: African nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum spp.), alpine enchanter's nightshade, American nightshade, Bahama nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum bahamense), ball nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum carolinense), beaked nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum rostratum), bindweed nightshade (taxonomic: Circaea spp.), bitter nightshade, bittersweet nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara), black nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum nigrum), blue nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara), buffalobur nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum rostratum), climbing nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara), common nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum nigrum), cutleaf nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum triflorum), deadly nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara), enchanter's nightshade (taxonomic: Circaea spp.), Ethiopian nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum aethiopicum), fetid nightshade (taxonomic: Hyoscyamus niger), garden nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum nigrum), green nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum physalifolium), hairy nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum spp.), hoe nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum physalifolium), Indian nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum aculeatissimum), Jamaican nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum jamaicense), lance-leaved nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum lanceifolium), leafy-fruited nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum sarrachoides), Malabar nightshade (taxonomic: Basella alba), melon-leaved nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum heterodoxum), orangeberry nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum lanceolatum), prickly nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum torvum), red nightshade (alt: Solanum villosum; Phytolacca americana), redberry nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum campechiense), shrubby nightshade, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, silver-leaf nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum elaeagnifolium), small enchanter's nightshade, small nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum triflorum), sodaapple nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum aculeastrum), spiny nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum rostratum), sticky nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum sisymbriifolium), stinking nightshade (taxonomic: Hyoscyamus niger), tall nightshade (alt: Solanum giganteum; Solanum chenopodioides), Torrey's nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dimidiatum), watermelon nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum citrullifolium), West Indian nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum ptychanthum), wetland nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum tampicense), white-margined nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum marginatum), woody nightshade (taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara), woolly nightshade (alt: Solanum mauritianum; Solanum villosum), yellow nightshade (alt: Solanum villosum; Physalis crassifolia)

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      "taxonomic": "Solanum torvum",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum aculeastrum",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum citrullifolium",
      "word": "watermelon nightshade"
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          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "roman": "pasljón",
          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "word": "solanácea"
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          "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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          "roman": "paslín",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum aethiopicum",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum nigrum",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum physalifolium",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum aculeatissimum",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum jamaicense",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum sarrachoides",
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      "taxonomic": "Basella alba",
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      "taxonomic": "Solanum tampicense",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
      "word": "kiauliauogė"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zrnec",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "зрнец"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
      "word": "raupeti"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
      "word": "hundesberle"
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      "sense": "plant of genus Solanum",
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      "roman": "paslʹón",
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