belladonna

Other forms of belladonna

plural

belladonnas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belladonna

What does belladonna mean?

belladonna means "perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belladonna?

belladonna has 4 syllables: bel-la-don-na. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for belladonna?

Close synonyms include belladonna plant, deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. 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 belladonna a common word?

belladonna is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.