Define the word Belladonna"belladonna" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Atropa \Atropa\ n.
a genus of plants of the nightshade family, including the
belladonna (Atropa belladonna).
Syn: genus Atropa.
[WordNet 1.5]
"Belladonna" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Belladonna \Bel`la*don"na\, n. [It., literally fine lady; bella
beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) A species of Amaryllis (Amaryllis belladonna); the
belladonna lily.
[1913 Webster]
"belladonna" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
belladonna
n 1: perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and
shining black berries; extensively grown in United
States; roots and leaves yield atropine [syn: deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna]
2: an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous
belladonna herb that is used medicinally
"belladonna" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "belladonna":
DET, DMT, Indian hemp, LSD, THC, bhang, cannabis, castor-oil plant,
deadly nightshade, death camas, diethyltryptamine,
dimethyltryptamine, ergot, foxglove, ganja, hallucinogens, hashish,
hemlock, hemp, henbane, horsetail, hyoscyamus, jimsonweed,
marijuana, mayapple, mescal, mescal bean, mescaline, monkshood,
morning glory seeds, peyote, poison ivy, poison parsley,
poison sumac, pokeweed, psilocin, psilocybin, stramonium
"BELLADONNA" devils "THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)"
BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly
poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two
tongues.
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