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Common nightshade   /kˈɑmən nˈaɪtʃˌeɪd/   Listen
Common nightshade

noun
1.
Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible.  Synonyms: black nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry, Solanum nigrum.





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... 397. SOLANUM nigrum. COMMON NIGHTSHADE. The Leaves and Berries.—In the year 1757, Mr. Gataker, surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, called the attention of the Faculty to this plant, by a publication recommending its internal use in old sores, srophulous and cancerous ulcers, cutaneous eruptions, and even dropsies; all of which were ...
— The Botanist's Companion, Vol. II • William Salisbury


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