solanum nigrum

3 definitions found

solanum nigrum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

solanum nigrum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Solanum nigrum
      n 1: 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]