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noun any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
originFrom Middle English nyȝtschade, niȝteschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihtsċada, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtskadō (“nightshade”), corresponding to night + shade. Compare Dutch nachtschade (“nightshade”), German Nachtschatten (“nightshade”).
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