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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Night·shade n.  Bot. A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.
 Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a).
 Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
 Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
 Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.

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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Three-leafed Three-leaved a. Bot. (a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. (b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
 Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.

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