belladonna

  1. Noun.  a plant, ''Atropa belladonna'', having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries; deadly nightshade.
  2. Noun.  an alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine.

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