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| bel·la·don·na [ bèllə dónnə ] |
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1. drug from poisonous plant: a drug made from an extremely poisonous plant with small black berries, e.g. atropine
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2. North America bush with poisonous black berries: an extremely poisonous plant with small black berries, from which belladonna is obtained. Native to: Europe, Asia. Latin name Atropa belladonna.
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| [Mid-18th century. Via modern Latin< Italian, "beautiful lady"; from the use of belladonna to dilate the pupils] |
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