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nightshade

nightshade

8 7.9
Plants that are sometimes poisonous and sometimes have fruits you can eat like tomatoes
  • noun
  • /ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/
  • Specialized
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  • Various spice jars are out on the counter; among them, the one labeled "Deadly Nightshade," the entire contents of which she dumps into the pot.
  • deadly nightshade
  • nightshade family
  • black nightshade

And all I did was, you know, take grains and beans and nightshades away from my diet and everything got better.

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Examples

  • Sometimes nightshade vegetables will contribute to arthritis symptoms as well.

  • I also have eczema, and the nightshade family sets that off: chili, tomato, and potato.

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  • It's actually part of the nightshade family, comes from a nightshade plant from what I understand.

  • Have you ever seen the deadly nightshade, my dear?

  • As early as the 1960s, food-elimination regimens, such as the nightshade diet, had many adherents.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For instance, in the nightshade family, potatoes, eggplant, Peppers, tomatoes and goji berries.

  • Many people are surprised to learn that tomatoes belong to the nightshade family of plants.

  • The gardener was cautious when handling nightshade as it can be highly toxic.

  • After researching various plants, she discovered that eggplants are also a type of nightshade.

Synonyms

nightshade plant
vsnightshade
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A plant in the potato and tomato family that can be dangerous to eat

includes both poisonous species and some edible fruit-bearing varieties

Compounds

A poisonous plant with bell-shaped flowers and shiny black or red berries

nightshade plant
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A plant in the potato and tomato family that can be dangerous to eat

A climbing plant with violet flowers and red berries that is poisonous

A plant with white flowers and black berries whose parts can be poisonous

climbing nightshade
  • South African
9.8

A poisonous climbing plant with purple flowers and red berries

A plant from Europe and Asia with white flowers and black berries that can be poisonous

9.9

A small wild plant with white flowers that grows in shady woods

A small plant with white flowers that grows in moist shaded mountain woods

A rough prickly weed with pale yellow flowers and small yellow berries that can be poisonous

nightshade vegetable
  • Specialized
6.1

Plants you can eat like tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers that can cause rashes or other reactions in some people

A wild plant with silvery leaves, violet, blue or white flowers and round berries used to make milk into cheese

A plant with violet flowers and bright red berries that is very poisonous if eaten

A wild plant with silvery leaves and violet or white flowers that can be poisonous to animals

A wild plant with silvery leaves and round berries that people use to curdle milk

A poisonous plant with a strong bad smell, sticky hairy leaves, and yellow-brown flowers

A poisonous climbing plant with purple flowers and red berries that often grows wild

How Toxic

oleander
3 8.2
garget
  • Specialized
9.9
nightshade
  • Specialized
8 7.9
daisy
80 1.0

Surface Forms

nightshade singular
nightshades plural

Morphology

nightshade = night + shade (opaque) = night + shade

Although formed from 'night' + 'shade', the botanical meaning referring to plants is specialized and not derivable by an average learner from the components.

Etymology

The word nightshade combines night and shade, like a 'night' 'shade' or 'shadow', because these plants often hide in dark, shaded places. So, nightshade names a group of plants, many of which are poisonous, though familiar foods like tomatoes and potatoes are also in the same family.