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Definition of Solanum dulcamara
Solanum Dulcamara Dulcamara Dul`ca*ma"ra, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus
bitter.] (Bot.)
A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3
(a) .
Solanum Dulcamara Dulcamarin Dul`ca*ma"rin, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum
Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably
occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3
(a) .
Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet Bit"ter*sweet`, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
Solanum Dulcamara Felonwort Fel"on*wort`, n. (Bot.)
The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See
Bittersweet.