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Definition of Atropa
1. Noun. Belladonna.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Atropa Belladonna, Belladonna, Belladonna Plant, Deadly Nightshade
Medical Definition of Atropa
1. A genus of plants (family Solanaceae) of which Atropa belladonna is typical. See: belladonna. Origin: G. Atropos, one of the Fates cutting the thread of life, because of the lethal effects of the plant (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atropa
Literary usage of Atropa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"That it has such a significance I do not doubt as the result of casual examination
of the Solanaceae. atropa. In atropa the ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"Remarks on the Properties of atropa ... a plant which had been cultivated for
many years in the Royal Botanic (j orden, Edinburgh, under the name of atropa ..."
3. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"... incautiously with whose character he is not thoroughly acquainted." CHAPTER XX.
HENBANE atropa BELLADONNA, OR DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. POISONING BY ATROPINE. ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (atropa BELLADONNA). Symptoms.—The symptoms which are produced
by the leaves, berries, and root of belladonna are of a uniform character, ..."
5. A Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence by Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé (1860)
"atropa Belladonna. (Deadly Nightshade.) § 776. The root, leaves, and fruit of
this plant are all poisonous. The berries are black, and have often been eaten ..."
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