belladonna

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n. 颠茄 [化] 颠茄(Atropa belladonna)

发音

US /ˌbɛləˈdɑnə/
其它
UK /ˌbɛləˈdɒnə/

词形变化

belladonnas 复数 belladonnas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries.

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  2. 2.

    An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

deadly nightshade

上位词 2

herb atropine

词源

Borrowed from Italian belladonna (altered by folk etymology: bella donna (“beautiful lady”)) from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), of Gaulish origin. The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

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