How to Use belladonna in a Sentence

belladonna

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Definition of belladonnanext
  • That was after the FDA found varying amounts of belladonna in the products.
    — Ars Technica, SELF, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Stay away from teething tablets that contain the plant poison belladonna and gels with benzocaine.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Know your ash from alder, your atropa belladonna from solanum nigrum?
    — OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • One of the doctors called in to consult thought poisoning seemed likely, perhaps by opium or belladonna.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2022
  • There's the Deadly Nightshade (atropa belladonna) with berries that can easily kill.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2017
  • Some of those products were found to contain harmful ingredients, such as belladonna, which can be toxic.
    — Andrea Park, SELF, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Set out bulbs like Amaryllis belladonna, nerine, pineapple lily (Eucomis) canna, and calla.
    — Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The nightshades have an ominous reputation, but this large plant family is more than just its most poisonous members, like belladonna.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2017
  • In the most high-profile case, homeopathic teething products were found to contain toxic belladonna, aka deadly nightshade.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2018
  • Many of the products were said to contain toxic substances, including belladonna, mercurius solubilis (mercury), and plumbum aceticum (lead).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 June 2020
  • Even so, they were still regarded with skepticism and fear because botanists recognized them as relatives of the poisonous nightshade, belladonna.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In that case, FDA investigators confirmed that the products contained variable and sometimes high levels of toxic belladonna, aka deadly nightshade, which can have harmful and unpredictable effects in infants.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) takes after plants like belladonna, a notoriously toxic relation.
    — Dave Taft, New York Times, 27 July 2017
  • Concentrated Medicinal Fluid Extracts contained belladonna, arsenic and mercury.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021

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