n. a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade, used in medicine to treat renal and biliary colic etc.
Etymology: mod.L Atropa belladonna deadly nightshade f. Gk Atropos inflexible, the name of one of the Fates
n. a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade, used in medicine to treat renal and biliary colic etc.
Etymology: mod.L Atropa belladonna deadly nightshade f. Gk Atropos inflexible, the name of one of the Fates
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012