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Nightshade vs Solanine - What's the difference?

nightshade | solanine |

As nouns the difference between nightshade and solanine

is that nightshade is (botany) any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus solanum , especially black nightshade or woody nightshade while solanine is (organic compound) a poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family.

nightshade

English

(Solanaceae)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum , especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
  • (botany, colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
  • Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna .
  • Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

    • Derived terms

    * black nightshade * deadly nightshade * enchanter's nightshade * Malabar nightshade * stinking nightshade * woody nightshade

    solanine

    English

    (wikipedia solanine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family.

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