Belladonna

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atropa \Atropa\ n.
     a genus of plants of the nightshade family, including the
     {belladonna} ({Atropa belladonna}).
  
     Syn: genus {Atropa}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  BELLADONNA, n.  In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly
  poison.  A striking example of the essential identity of the two
  tongues.