noun
belladonna
• Syn: ↑genus Atropa
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanaceae, ↑family Solanaceae, ↑potato family
• Member Meronyms: ↑belladonna, ↑belladonna plant, ↑deadly nightshade, ↑Atropa belladonna
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\\ˈa.trəpə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek Atropos, that one of the three mythological Fates who severs the thread of life
: a genus of Eurasian and African herbs (family Solanaceae) with leaves entire, calyx, and corolla, the fruit being a berry subtended by the enlarged calyx lobes — see belladonna 1
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Atˈropa noun
The deadly nightshade genus of the potato family
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Main Entry: ↑Atropos
Useful english dictionary. 2012.