单词 | nightshade |
释义 | nightshaden.1 1. Any of several plants of the genus Solanum (family Solanaceae) and of the allied genus Atropa noted for their poisonous or narcotic properties, esp. woody nightshade ( S. dulcamara), black nightshade ( S. nigrum), and deadly nightshade ( A. belladonna) (cf. sense 2a). Also: gen. a plant of the genus Solanum or the family Solanaceae. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > poisonous bush or tree > [noun] > deadly nightshade nightshadeOE dwale14.. garden nightshade1576 deadly nightshade1578 sleeping nightshade1578 belladonna1597 death's herb1598 sleepy nightshade1611 banewort1861 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] morela1400 nightshadea1400 petty morel?a1425 hound's-berryc1485 micklewort1531 manicon1543 garden nightshade1576 dulcamara1578 mad nightshade1578 raging nightshade1578 sleeping nightshade1578 solanum1578 tree nightshade1597 black nightshade1607 moonshade1626 mumme tree1629 winter cherry1629 blue bindweeda1637 canker berry1651 shrub-nightshade1666 poison berry1672 nightshade1733 woody nightshade1796 Sodom apple1808 African nightshade1839 solanal1846 felon-wood1861 shoo-fly plant1949 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 110 Strumus et uua lupina, nihtscada. a1200 ( Laud Plant Gloss. 60 Striunus .i. uua lupina uel nictscade. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 119 Morella..anglice nichtheschode [v.r. niȝteschede] uel houndesberie. ?a1425 (a1400) Alphita (Sloane 284) (1887) 176 Solatrum mortale..an. niththeschod uel houndesberye. ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 55 (MED) Put to þis medycine þe jus of sum colde erbe: as morel, nyȝtschode [L. solatri], penywort, [etc.]. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 73v (MED) Here þou schalt haue a noble waischynge þat is necessarie generaliche to alle maner woundis of senewis..oile of rosis, bole armoniac, þe iuys of Nyȝtschode or of synegrene, [etc.]. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon i. xxiii. sig. cii/1 The v. [water is] of the herbes that be nat to hote nor to moyste..as..nyghtshade water. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 141 Nighte shad or Petemorell..is a bushy herbe, whyche is vsed to be eaten. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 443 Nightshade hath rounde stalkes of a foote long, full of branches. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 93 Those that are soporiferous, and Narcotick as..Night-shade. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 32 A Drink,..made of Bang..mingled with Dutry (the deadliest sort of Solanum, or Nightshade) named Post. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 138 Some will have them to grow on a kind of Night-shade. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 757 Some sprigs of mournful mint, Of nightshade, or valerian. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xviii. 247 Here the dull Nightshade hangs her deadly Fruit. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 619 The most immediate affinity of Nightshades seem to be with Oliveworts and Bindweeds. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 499/2 The species to which the name of Nightshade is commonly given in England is the Solanum Dulcamara, L. 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop iii. iii. 99 The size and luxuriance of these nightshades astonished him. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxv. 489 Two wild relatives of the potato, nightshade and henbane, have been artificially infected with the disease. 1996 Nature 7 Nov. 27/1 Some nightshades (including potato)..have reflexed petals, and stamens that form a projecting conical mass. 2. With distinguishing word. a. Any of certain plants of the genus Solanum or other genera of the family Solanaceae.black, common, deadly, garden, woody nightshade, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xc. 444 (heading) Of Red Nightshade, winter Cherrie and Alcakengy. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 447 This solanum cooleth..more strongly than the Common Nightshade. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. li. 268 In English it [sc. Solanum hortense] is called Garden Nightshade; Morell, and petie Morell. 1664 J. Evelyn Kal. Hort. June (1729) 208 Shrub Nightshade. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 485 We gave a Dog a piece of Bread steep'd in two Ounces of the juice of Dutch Night-shade. 1719 tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Compl. Herbal I. 212 Solanum Americanum... Shrubby and prickly American Nightshade. 1724 J. J. Dillenius Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 265 Solanum lignosum seu Dulcamara..Woody Nightshade, or Bitter-sweet. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 6 A coffin and cross bones; a bundle of rue; a sprig of deadly night shade. 1798 J. Baillie De Monfort iii. iii, in Series of Plays I. 365 Leave me: begone! Put hemlock in thy soup, Or deadly night-shade, or rank hellebore, And I will mess upon it. 1819 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. VIII. 170 In July the lover of plants is gratified with..the common iris, the woody and black nightshades. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 188 Red-fruited Nightshade (S. miniatum) has bright red, often slightly oval, fruits. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 302/2 Two South American annuals, green nightshade, S. physalifolium, and leafy-fruited nightshade, S. sarachoides, are cropping up increasingly as casuals on tips and waste ground. b. Any of certain plants of other families thought to resemble the nightshades in appearance, properties, etc.Earliest in enchanter's nightshade at enchanter n. 2.Malabar, three-leaved nightshade, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] morela1400 nightshadea1400 petty morel?a1425 hound's-berryc1485 micklewort1531 manicon1543 garden nightshade1576 dulcamara1578 mad nightshade1578 raging nightshade1578 sleeping nightshade1578 solanum1578 tree nightshade1597 black nightshade1607 moonshade1626 mumme tree1629 winter cherry1629 blue bindweeda1637 canker berry1651 shrub-nightshade1666 poison berry1672 nightshade1733 woody nightshade1796 Sodom apple1808 African nightshade1839 solanal1846 felon-wood1861 shoo-fly plant1949 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 280 Inchaunters Nightshade hath leaues like vnto Petimorell. 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Phytolacca;..American Nightshade,..commonly call'd Virginian Poke or Porke Physick. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Nightshade, American, Rivinia. 1853 W. Darlington Flora Cestrica (ed. 3) 241 Kalm, in his Travels, calls the plant [sc. Phytolacca decandra] by the name of American Nightshade. 1899 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 9 Mar. 7/3 The pokeweed or American nightshade is another very common plant used..in medicine, but poisonous when an overdose is given. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 686/2 The three-leaved nightshade is an American species of Trillium. 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 229 It [sc. red basella] was introduced into England early in the eighteenth century, where it is alternatively known as red Malabar nightshade. 1975 Ruston (Louisiana) Daily Leader 20 Oct. 6/1 ‘Pokeweed’ is probably the most used of all its names, but it is also called..Pocan or Pocan bush, American nightshade, and Chongras. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : night-shaden.2 < n.1OE see also |
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