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Belladona (disambiguation); Belladonna (disambiguation); Belladona; Belladonna (film); Belladonna (person); Bella Donna (film); Bella Donna
belladonna
n.
Banewort, dwale, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Belladonna
·noun A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.
II. Belladonna ·noun An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
belladonna
[?b?l?'d?n?]
¦ noun deadly nightshade.
?a drug made from belladonna, containing atropine.
Origin
C18: from mod. L., from Ital. bella donna 'fair lady', perh. from the cosmetic use of its juice to dilate the pupils.
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Belladonna
Belladonna or Bella Donna may refer to:
Examples of use of BELLADONNA
1. The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine found that spinal manipulation used by chiropractors and osteopaths does not work. ‘No better than dummy pills‘ And a review in The Lancet medical journal said popular homeopathy remedies such as arnica and belladonna performs no better than "dummy" pills in clinical trials.
2. The professor said that he had also looked for in vain for suspicious levels of heavy metals, including arsenic, and extracts of belladonna, or deadly nightshade, which he explained has been used for homicidal purposes and was used by the Borgias.