nightshade

Meaning

1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
5. Wind that blows from where the sun rises.
6. (Spain, regional) Hot and suffocating wind, wherever is its course.

Synonyms

petty morel

bittersweet

henbane

potato

🥔

root vegetable

spud

yam

solanum

Solanum

Solanaceae

felonwort

horse nettle

aloo

belladonna

panipuri

Translations

nachtschade

Solanum nigrum

Nachtschatten

morelle

belladona

herba móra

dulcamara

نبات الثلثان

στρύχνος

στρύχνος γένους solanum

belladone

morella

patate

Kartoffel

🥔

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nyȝtschade

Inherited from Old English: nihtsċada

Cognate with German: Nachtschatten

In summary

From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, corresponding to night + shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.