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deadly nightshade
deadly nightshade Poisonous perennial plant native to Europe and w Asia. It has large leaves, purple flowers, and black berries. Alkaloids, such as atropine, are obtained from its roots and leaves. Eating the fruit can be fatal. Family Solanaceae; species Atropa belladonna.... Read more |
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John Frazee
Pair of Sixes, A (1914), a farce by Edward Peple. [Longacre Theatre, 207 perf.] George H. Nettleton ( George Parson) and T. Boggs Johns ( Hale Hamilton) are partners in a pharmaceutical business that has made a fortune with a “pill [that] will fill the bill.” But their success has... Read more |
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Atalanta
Atalanta , in Greek mythology, huntress famous for her speed and skill. She took part in the Calydonian hunt and was rewarded by Meleager with the pelt of the boar. Later, warned by an oracle not to marry, she demanded that each suitor run a race with her, on the condition that the winner would... Read more |
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nightshade
nightshade common name for the Solanaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and a few trees of warm regions, chiefly tropical America. Many are climbing or creeping types, and rank-smelling foliage is typical of many species. The odor is due to the presence of various alkaloids (including scopolamine , ... Read more |
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Carousel
Carousel Background The precursors to the carousel may be as much as 1,500 years old when baskets lashed to a center pole were used to spin riders around in a circle in ancient Byzantium. During the twelfth century in Turkey and Arabia, men and their horses played a game in... Read more |
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bezique
bezique , card game usually played with 128 cards by two players. Bezique developed in France and England in the 1860s and originally required only 64 cards; later there were variations for three players with a 96-card pack and for four players with 128 cards. Pinochle is similar and is probably... Read more |
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belladonna
belladonna or deadly nightshade, poisonous perennial plant, Atropa belladona, of the nightshade family. Native to Europe and now grown in the United States, the plant has reddish, bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries. Extracts of its leaves and fleshy roots act to dilate the pupils... Read more |
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