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nightshade
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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nightshade plant of genera
Solanum and
Atropa. OE.
nihtscada, corr. to MLG., MDu.
nachtschade, OHG.
nahtscato (G.
nachtschatten); app. f.
NIGHT +
SHADE, prob. with allusion to the poisonous or narcotic properties of the berries.
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All about nightshades: explore the hidden hazards of your favorite food with macrobiotic nutritionist Lino Stanchich.
Magazine article from: New Life Journal; 4/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...Childers in his The Nightshades and Health...of the word "nightshade" is not clear...these plants as Nightshades because of their...poisonous murder, nightshades have a history...caution. Some nightshade plants are ingredients...
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The arthritis and nightshades story.
Magazine article from: Original Internist; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...also is a nightshade, closely...to the food nightshades, all having...call them nightshades? One belief...poisonous nightshade in it. The...pepper is a nightshade and has the...diet of no nightshades, including...
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Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) does not feed on Jamaican nightshade Solanum jamaicense (Solanaceae).(Scientific Notes)(Report)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Jamaican nightshade, Solanum jamaicense Mill., is an...America (D'Arcy 1974). Jamaican nightshade is listed as a Category II invasive...eggs only on S. viarum. Jamaican nightshade is in the same subgenus (Leptostemonum...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Uniqueness the draw for nightshades; Less-known: Some believe the plant is dangerous
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 3/16/2003; ; 622 words
; ...of poisoning. Even edible nightshades were once looked upon with...Don't snicker: Every nightshade - even edible ones - contains...about the dangers of certain nightshades are not settled. Recent...but more questionable is a nightshade sold as garden huckleberry...
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Host specificity of Anthonomus elutus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of wetland nightshade (Solanaceae) in Florida.(Report)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Wetland-nightshade (also known as aquatic soda apple...at the edge of rivers. Wetland-nightshade infests a significant portion of the...Weed List in 1998/99. Wetland-nightshade is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala...
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Silverleaf nightshade
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/26/2008; ; 422 words
; ...06-26-2008 Headline: Silverleaf nightshade Byline: DAVID SIMONS Edition; Weekend...June 26, 2008 -- The silverleaf nightshade, solanum zeitani in Hebrew, is a perennial...other plants cannot. The silverleaf nightshade is a member of the solanaceae family...
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Noxious nightshades
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...2006 Headline: Noxious nightshades Byline: YEHOSHUA SISKIN...Mandrakes belong to the nightshade family (Solanaceae), all...Tomatoes belong to the nightshade family and you do not want...well as eggplant, are also nightshades. Some of the most popular...
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Dad finds firm's response hard to swallow; NIGHTSHADE CONTAMINATION
Newspaper article from: The Press; 4/7/2009; 555 words
; ...poison expert is warning parents that the nightshade berries found in Talley's frozen vegetable...young children sick. The berries are black nightshade, not the poisonous deadly nightshade. Consumers - who have complained about black...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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HIGHLY DANGEROUS NIGHTSHADE PLANT HAS NO PLACE IN GARDEN.(Seattle @Home)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...a plant that our neighbor says is called nightshade, and he also tells us it is poisonous...and yes. There are different types of nightshade, but the most common is bitter nightshade and is considered a "Weed of Concern...
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Utility encrypts AppleTalk data. (Atemi Software NightShade) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 4/1/1995; ; 674 words
; Atemi Software's NightShade foils eavesdroppers by encrypting data on AppleTalk networks. NightShade is the first software-only product that...all Mac-to-Mac AppleTalk traffic. NightShade protects all AppleTalk applications...
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Nightshade
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Nightshade The family of plants known as nightshades is also known as...different genera. Most nightshades are herbs, but...the members of the nightshade family are native...but about 100 nightshades can be found in...
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nightshade
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...pseudocapsicum ), and the black nightshade ( S. niger ). The buffalo...scarlet berries. The black nightshade was named for the dull black...is sometimes called deadly nightshade, properly the name for the...not found wild in America. Nightshades are classified in the division...
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deadly nightshade
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
deadly nightshade see belladonna ; nightshade .
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Solanaceae
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...Although not large, the Solanaceae, or Nightshade family, is certainly one of the most...sometimes referred to as the paradoxical nightshades because it includes so many domesticates...diversity are in Latin America, the Nightshades first became notorious in written history...
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Pepper
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...family Solanacene, commonly known as nightshades. Comprised of over 2,000 species, the nightshade family is indigenous to Central and South...have been cultivated worldwide. Common nightshade species include potatoes, eggplant...
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