deadly nightshade
Toxic purple-flowered plant
Deadly nightshade is a poisonous plant native to Europe and Asia, with purple-brown flowers and shiny black berries.
All parts are toxic, containing compounds that can cause hallucinations, paralysis, and death.
Also called belladonna—Italian for "beautiful lady," from women using eye drops made from the plant to dilate their pupils.
Toxic herb yielding atropine
- perennialRecurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- berrySmall edible fruit
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
shrub · henbane · mandrake · datura · alkaloids · poisonous plant · flora · purple flowers
Anticholinergic alkaloid medication
- scopolamineTropane alkaloid for nausea
- anticholinergicBlocks acetylcholine receptors
- ophthalmologyMedical specialty for eyes
- pupil dilationEye opening widening
eye drops · preanesthetic · antispasmodic · bronchodilator · pharmacology · sedative · antidote · therapeutic
Causing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- venomousProducing injected toxins
noxious · dangerous · toxicity · bane · neurotoxin · accidental poisoning · bitter taste · children
Practice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- occultConcealed from view
- witchesPractitioners of dark magic
- hexesMalevolent magical spells
potions · spells · supernatural · medieval · apothecary · cunning folk · herbalism · ritual
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
dark · mysterious · forbidden · shadowy · Victorian · romance · femme fatale · murder mystery
belladonna
Toxic herb yielding atropine
- perennialRecurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- berrySmall edible fruit
foliage · shrub · henbane · mandrake · datura · alkaloids · poisonous plant · flora · purple flowers · hedgerows
atropine
Anticholinergic alkaloid medication
- scopolamineTropane alkaloid for nausea
- anticholinergicBlocks acetylcholine receptors
- ophthalmologyMedical specialty for eyes
pupil dilation · eye drops · preanesthetic · antispasmodic · bronchodilator · pharmacology · sedative · antidote · therapeutic · anesthesia
lethal
Causing or capable of death
venomous · noxious · dangerous · toxicity · bane · neurotoxin · accidental poisoning · bitter taste · children · ingestion
witchcraft
Practice of supernatural magic
hexes · potions · spells · supernatural · medieval · apothecary · cunning folk · herbalism · ritual · hallucinogenic
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- eerieDisturbingly strange
haunting · dark · mysterious · forbidden · shadowy · Victorian · romance · femme fatale · murder mystery · Agatha Christie
- alkaloid plantsbelladonna, coca plant, coffee plant, opium poppy, tobacco plant
- nightshadestomato, potato, eggplant, bell pepper, tobacco plant
- plant loremandrake, mistletoe, rowan, wolfsbane, yew
- Plant Toxinsricin, oleander, foxglove, aconite, colchicine
- poisonsarsenic, cyanide, hemlock, strychnine, belladonna
- toxic foodsdeath cap, hemlock, water hemlock, belladonna, amanita
deadly nightshadeblueberry
Small edible Vaccinium fruit
blackberry · raspberry · elderberry · mulberry · grape
deadly nightshadehealing herb
white lily · tree of life · chamomile · lavender · sage