nightshade

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n. 茄属植物 [医] 茄属植物

发音

US /ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/

词形变化

nightshades 复数 nightshades

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    茄属植物

  2. 2.

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

    非正式
  3. 3.

    Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

  4. 4.

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

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词源

From Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtskadō (“nightshade”), corresponding to night + shade. Compare Dutch nachtschade (“nightshade”), German Nachtschatten (“nightshade”).

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