different between nightshade vs morelle

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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• petit morel, petty morel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French morelle

Noun

morelle

1. nightshade

Anagrams

• Moeller

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.??l/

Noun

morelle f (plural morelles)

1. nightshade

Further reading

• “morelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

morelle f

1. plural of morella