'Solanum nigrum' definitions:
Definition of 'Solanum nigrum'
(from WordNet)
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'
From: GCIDE
- Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. [1913 Webster]
- Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a) .
- Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
- Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
- Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium. [1913 Webster]
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]