atropa belladonna

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   perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

   Synonymsbelladonnabelladonna plantdeadly nightshade

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   Part ofAtropa

Questions about atropa belladonna

What does atropa belladonna mean?

atropa belladonna means "perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine".

What is another word for atropa belladonna?

Close synonyms include belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atropa belladonna a common word?

atropa belladonna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.