- any of various solanaceous plants, such as deadly nightshade, woody nightshade, and black nightshade
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
night•shade /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant Biologya weed that has poisonous leaves, white flowers, and black berries.
- Plant Biologybelladonna (def. 1).
night•shade
(nīt′shād′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of various plants of the genus Solanum, esp. the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
- Plant Biologyany of various other related plants, as the deadly nightshade.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtscada. See night, shade
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nightshade /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/ n
'nightshade' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
atropine
- belladonna
- bittersweet
- black nightshade
- deadly nightshade
- dwale
- solanum
- solanaceous
- strychnine
- woody nightshade
- angel's-trumpet
- apple of Peru
- brunfelsia
- cape gooseberry
- capsicum
- cupflower
- currant tomato
- datura
- day jasmine
- eggplant
- enchanter's nightshade
- flowering tobacco
- goldcup
- ground cherry
- henbane
- horse nettle
- Jerusalem cherry
- jimson weed
- lady-of-the-night
- love apple
- mandrake
- marmalade bush
- matrimony vine
- morel
- nicotiana
- night jasmine
- nightshade family
- painted tongue
- paradise flower
- pepino
- petunia
- potato
- potato vine
- tamarillo
- thorn apple
- tobacco
- tobacco hornworm
- tobacco mosaic
- tobacco mosaic virus
- tomatillo