deadly nightshade
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An alkaloid discovered by Brandes in atropa belladonna or deadly nightshade.
From these grounds men have expelled the poison ivy, the deadly nightshade, all burdocks and thistles.
Right Living as a Fine Art | Newell Dwight HillisAt his words the creature vanished from before him; and on the spot where she had stood he saw an ugly bush of deadly nightshade.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousDid you wish to remove a troublesome rival or an elder brother, you treated him to a dose of deadly nightshade.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenStupid little thing's been eating deadly nightshade again, I suppose.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle | Hugh Lofting
British Dictionary definitions for deadly nightshade
a poisonous Eurasian solanaceous plant, Atropa belladonna, having dull purple bell-shaped flowers and small very poisonous black berries: Also called: belladonna, dwale
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