'Solanum nigrum' definitions:

Definition of 'Solanum nigrum'

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

Definition of 'Solanum nigrum'

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Definition of 'Solanum nigrum'

From: GCIDE
  • Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina. [1913 Webster]

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