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Noun(1) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit(2) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum(3) most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit

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(1) While these introduced species have benefited from extensive breeding and selection, traditional vegetables such as amaranth, African nightshade , jute mallow, and cassava leaves have been virtually ignored.(2) Hemlock, hellbane, fox glove, and nightshade as well as other dangerous and poisonous herbs rested in dried, fresh, and powdered form next to those very jars.(3) Experts recommend that tomatoes or any other member of the nightshade family (which includes potato, pepper and eggplant) not be planted in the same area any more often than once every four years.(4) Confusing mugwort with wormwood is at the level of confusing potato with black nightshade because they share the genus Solanum.(5) Chiles are members of the nightshade family, and are the fruits of the plant Solanaceae Capsicum.(6) The Europeans were not open to trying tomatoes, as a lot of members of the nightshade family are poisonous.(7) I could taste the smoke in my mouth and smell the nightshade growing up the embankment and feel my mum's hand on my arm.(8) A keen botanical eye might also have picked out pepperweed, yellow woodsorrel, soapwort, horseweed, ironweed, black nightshade , sheep sorrel, curly dock, and small eyebane.(9) Sensitive plants include legumes such as clover, peas and beans; Asteracea such as thistles, dandelions and sunflowers; and Solenacea such as nightshade , tomatoes and potatoes.(10) New to southern Florida's cypress domes is wetland nightshade , also known as aquatic soda apple.(11) Certain common weeds, such as black nightshade , redroot pigweed, lamb's-quarters, and horsenettle will also support growth of the Verticillium fungus, and fields with a high population of these weeds should also be avoided.(12) He also identified certain plants with pharmacological action such as mandragora or nightshade , opium and henbane and gives various recipes for inducing both anesthesia and analgesia before surgery.(13) Bessey disarmingly recounts how: I was lecturing on the properties of the plants constituting the Solanaceae, and, as a matter of course, said that the berries of the black nightshade were poisonous.(14) Weed populations were dense and consisted of common lambsquarters, hairy nightshade , redroot pigweed, stinkgrass, and common purslane.(15) Chewing insects can spread the disease from weeds as they feed, so be sure to remove all nearby pokeweed, nightshade , catnip, horsenettle and motherwort.(16) As it is, the potato belongs to the botanical family, Solanacea, to which poisonous plants like the nightshade belong.
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(1) deadly nightshade
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📺 Word Example from TV Shows

"essence of nightshade,

"essence of NIGHTSHADE,

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 6


Essence of nightshade

Essence of NIGHTSHADE

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 9


I was about to give him
essence of nightshade.

I was about to give him essence of NIGHTSHADE.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 10


I could get you essence of nightshade
to help you sleep.

I could get you essence of NIGHTSHADE to help you sleep.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 1


Grand Maester,
perhaps some essence of nightshade

Grand Maester, perhaps some essence of NIGHTSHADE

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10


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