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belladonna — Atropa b. (family Solanaceae); a perennial herb with dark purple flowers and shining purplish black berries; the leaves (0.3% b. alkaloids) and root (0.5% b. alkaloids) orginally were source of atropine and related alkaloids, which are… … Medical dictionary
belladonna — noun Etymology: Italian, literally, beautiful lady Date: 1597 1. an Old World poisonous plant (Atropa belladonna) of the nightshade family having purple or green bell shaped flowers, glossy black berries, and root and leaves that yield atropine… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Belladonna — may refer to:In plants: * Atropa belladonna or belladonna or deadly nightshade, a perennial herbaceous plant * Amaryllis belladonna or Belladonna Lily or naked ladies, a monotypic genus of plantIn music: * Belladonna (band), an Italian band *… … Wikipedia
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belladonna — 1590s, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), from Italian, lit. fair lady; the plant so called supposedly because women made cosmetic eye drops from its juice (an 18c. explanation; atropic acid, found in the plant, has a well known property of… … Etymology dictionary
belladonna — [bel΄ə dän′ə] n. [ModL < It bella donna, lit., beautiful lady: a folk etym. (infl. by cosmetic use for dilating the eye) for ML bladona, nightshade, prob. < Gaul] 1. a poisonous European plant (Atropa belladonna) of the nightshade family,… … English World dictionary
belladonna lily — n. a tropical bulbous plant (Amaryllis belladonna) of the lily family, grown for its large pink, white, or red flowers and native to S Africa … English World dictionary
belladonna — /bel euh don euh/, n. 1. Also called deadly nightshade. a poisonous plant, Atropa belladonna, of the nightshade family, having purplish red flowers and black berries. 2. Pharm. a drug from the leaves and root of this plant, containing atropine… … Universalium
belladonna — n. 1 Bot. a poisonous plant, Atropa belladonna, with purple flowers and purple black berries. Also called deadly nightshade. 2 Med. a drug prepared from this. Phrases and idioms: belladonna lily a S. African amaryllis with white or pink flowers,… … Useful english dictionary
belladonna — noun a) a plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries; deadly nightshade b) an alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine … Wiktionary
