Feminine
belladonna
Meaning
deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna)
Concepts
Atropa belladonna
Solanum dulcamara
belladonna plant
bittersweet nightshade
poisonous nightshade
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Hyphenated as
bel‧la‧dòn‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌbɛl.laˈdɔn.na/
Etymology
Interpreted by folk etymology as bella (“beautiful”) + donna (“lady”), from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
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