Belladonna

[,belə'dɒnə] or [,bɛlə'dɑnə]

Definition

(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.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Banewort, dwale, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

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Definition

n. the deadly nightshade or dwale all parts of which are narcotic and poisonous from the presence therein of the alkaloid atropia: the drug prepared from the foregoing.

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