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nightshades

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nightshades.

Editorial note

Whats interesting is why nightshades diversified and selectively bred into so many staple plants in the new world but the nightshades in the old world did not.

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Quick take

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nightshades gathered in one view.

noun

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

noun

Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

noun

Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nightshades.

noun

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

noun

Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

noun

Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

noun

(colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.

Example sentences

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Whats interesting is why nightshades diversified and selectively bred into so many staple plants in the new world but the nightshades in the old world did not.

2

Black henbane is indigenous to Europe and Asia and belongs to the Solanaceae family — the nightshades.

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Iirc the mild poisons in nightshades trigger the learned helplessness response in people who are on the jagged edge of sobriety.

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No, it does not appear to be true that hygrine is found in nightshades.

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The author of that comment seems to be onto something because hygrine is indeed found in nightshades as well as in coca.

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And, other nightshades such as tomatoes, bell peppers, and goji berries contain lectins.

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This was after years of not eating anything with fiber, gluten, or nightshades.

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Chilis, tobacco and tomatoes are all in the same family (nightshades).

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The leaves of nightshades are bitter and toxic even to birds.

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Where are you getting that hygrine is found in nightshades?

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For 30 days eat nothing but completely innocuous foods: no dairy, eggs, nightshades, vegetable oils, or grains.

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Per protocol I also excluded other things like nightshades, nuts/seeds, grains.

Quote examples

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They say they are sceptical because "there are a number of Tropane alkaloids which are very close to cocaine and are present in other plants - especially nightshades (e.g., belladonna) - which were known to and used for various purposes by Europeans for a long time."

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"we found something that kinda looks like a coke spoon in some Germanic warrior burials, let's see what drugs were available to people back then - opium, nightshades, cannabis and various fungi, notably ergot".

Proper noun examples

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Nightshades are problematic for stressed and old people because the plants have mild poisons.

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Nightshades seemed to have the greatest correlation for me.

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Nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants) contain solanine which is toxic.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use nightshades in a sentence?

Whats interesting is why nightshades diversified and selectively bred into so many staple plants in the new world but the nightshades in the old world did not.

What does nightshades mean?

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

What part of speech is nightshades?

nightshades is commonly used as noun.