Definition of "nightshades" [nightshades]

• Plural form of nightshade. (noun)

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• "VAIL, Colorado - The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades)."
• "His reports of battles, and his message of comfort in times of inaction, wilted the hopes of the traitors, copperheads, cowards, and "nightshades" at home, while they put new blood in the veins of the hopeful."
• "Not as deadly as some of the "banes" or related nightshades, this is still not a plant to tinker with: it contains a potent cocktail of alkaloids that disrupt the senses."