belladonna

4 definitions found

belladonna - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

belladonna - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: belladonna,
           belladonna plant, deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna
           ]
      2: an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna
         plant that is used medicinally

belladonna - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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