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Look up: belladonna

  1. belladonna
    [n] - perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries 2. [n] - an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna herb that is used medicinally
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  2. Belladonna
    Colds, influenza, sore throats, toothaches, earaches, boils and similar inflammations, fevers, and also chickenpox, measles, and mumps. Belladonna is made from the well known deadly nightshade, a tall plant with large glossy, black, poisonous berries. It is a major short-term or acute remedy for all...
    Found on http://homoeojournal.com/homoeo/remedies

  3. Belladonna
    Bel`la·don'na noun [ Italian , literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady.] (Botany) (a) An herbaceous European plant ( Atropa belladonna ) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/34

  4. belladonna
    <botany> An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which i...
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  5. belladonna
    noun an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. belladonna
    belladonna plant noun perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. belladonna
    (bel″ә-don´ә) Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), a plant that is the source of numerous alkaloids, such as atropine and hyoscyamine. the dried leaves and fruiting tops of this plant, used in the pharmacologic preparation of anticholinergic medications for treatment of peptic ulcer and other...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  8. Belladonna
    • (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it c...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. belladonna
    tall bushy herb, the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), of the family Solanaceae (order Solanales), and the crude drug consisting of its dried ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/44

  10. Belladonna
    Belladonna is a Italian girl name. The meaning of the name is `beautiful woman ` The name Belladonna doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Belladonna seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Bel

  11. belladonna
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bel′ă-don′ă Definitions: 1. Atropa belladonna (family Solanaceae); a perennial herb with dark or yellow purple flowers and shining purplish-black berries; the leaves (0.3% belladonna alkaloids) and root (0.5% belladonna alkaloids) orginally were source...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. belladonna
    belladonna (beludon'u) or deadly nightshade,poisonous perennial plant, Atropa belladona, of the nightshade family. Native to Europe and now grown in the United States, the plant has reddish, bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries. Extracts of its leaves and fleshy roots act to dilate the pu...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08068

  13. Belladonna
    Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) or deadly nightshade (also known as dwale) as it is also known, is a highly poisonous European, native in Britain, perennial herb of the natural order Solanaceae with a large, turnip-like root and spreading, branched stems from which atropine is derived. The large, sof...
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  14. Belladonna
    Belladonna is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  15. belladonna
    Poisonous plant belonging to the nightshade family, found in Europe and Asia. It grows to 1.5 m/5 ft in height, with dull green leaves growing in unequal pairs, up to 20 cm/8 in long, and single purplish flowers that produce deadly black berries. Drugs are made from the leaves. (Atropa belladonna, family Solanaceae.) The ...
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  16. Belladonna
    (band) `Belladonna` is an Italian Rock noir band. Career: Metaphysical Attraction : `Belladonna` was formed on February 14, 2005 in Rome, Italy by Luana Caraffa and Dani Macchi. During the course of the following months Belladonna wrote and recorded many songs, eleven of which would become th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belladonna

  17. Belladonna
    `Belladonna`, from the Italian expression "bella donna" meaning "beautiful woman", may refer to: Plants: Music: People: Fiction: Film: Other:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belladonna

  18. Belladonna
    (album) `Belladonna` is a 2005 studio album by the canadian singer-songrwtiter and producer Daniel Lanois who, according to his website, took the techniques he developed with Brian Eno and went on to produce career albums for Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and Emmylou Harris. This journey comes fu...
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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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