different between nightshade vs malpitte

English

Etymology

From Middle English ny?tschade, ni?teschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihts?ada, corresponding to night +? shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t?e?d/

Noun

nightshade (plural nightshades)

1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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See also

• petit morel, petty morel

English

Etymology

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Noun

malpitte (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) A weed in the nightshade family (Datura stramonium), which can be used as a hallucinogenic drug.

Synonyms

• (Datura stramonium): angel's trumpet, crazy tea, datura, devil's apple, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, ditch weed, green dragon, Jamestown weed, jimson weed, Korean morning glory, loco weed, mad hatter, stinkblaar, stinkweed/stink weed, thorn apple

Anagrams

• petit mal