(n.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Further evidence showing that the fruit of the black nightshade contains acetylcholine was obtained by chromatographic separation of the aqueous extract.
(2) (black nightshade) has been established based upon the following pharmacological tests: a) isotonic contraction of the isolated toad rectus abdominis; b) negative chronotropic and inotropic action on the isolated toad heart; c) isotonic contraction of the isolated guinea pig's ileum; d) isotonic contraction of the rat's isolated jejunum; 3) decrease on the cat's arterial blood pressure; f) secretory effects on the rat's submaxillary gland.
(3) Winter stem fluid from the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara L., also showed the recrystallization inhibition activity characteristic of the animal thermal hysteresis proteins (THPs), suggesting a possible function for the THPs in this freeze tolerant species.
(4) A case of serious atropine poisoning caused by consumption of the fruits of deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) which commenced with psychosis in a boy of nine years is described.
(5) The open reading frame and terminator region of a wound-inducible tomato Inhibitor I gene, regulated by the CaMV 35S promoter, was stably integrated into the genomes of nightshade (Solanum nigrum), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), and alfalfa (Medicago sativa), using an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system.
(6) Inhibitor I was extracted from leaves of wounded transformed nightshade plants and was partially purified by affinity chromatography on a chymotrypsin-Sepharose column.
(7) Nutritionally complete diets containing sicklepod or black nightshade seed at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32% were fed to groups of three to five male Sprague-Dawley rats in a series of short-term (8-9 days) toxicity studies.
(8) Transgenic nightshade plants were selected that expressed the tomato Inhibitor I protein in leaf tissue.
(9) Ripened nightshade berries (Solanum dulcamara) are among the most commonly reported plant ingestions in Minnesota.
(10) Black nightshade seed was relatively non-toxic compared with the sicklepod.
(11) Exposure to gerberas, freesias, chrysanthemums and to genera of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) such as paprikas, tomatoes, egg plants and potatoes may lead to allergy with raised IgE levels.
(12) The protein exhibited the same Mr of 8 kDa as the native tomato Inhibitor I and its N-terminal amino acid sequence was identical to that of the native tomato inhibitor I, indicating that the protein was properly processed in nightshade plants.
(13) Using electron microscopy techniques, the newly synthesized pre-pro-Inhibitor I protein was shown to be correctly processed and stored as a mature Inhibitor I protein within the central vacuoles of leaves of transgenic nightshade and alfalfa.
(14) A wound-inducible proteinase Inhibitor I gene from tomato containing 725 bp of the 5' region and 2.5 kbp of the 3' region was stably incorporated into the genome of black nightshade plants (Solanum nigrum) using an Agrobacterium Ti plasmid-derived vector.
(15) Among the naturally growing flowers in Germany, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), jimson weed (thornapple, Datura stramonium) and black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) contain enough alkaloids to cause mydriasis by direct contact.
(16) (silverleaf nightshade), Solanum sarrachoides (S. villosum Lam.--hairy nightshade), Solanum dulcamara L. (European bittersweet nightshade) or Solanum melongena L. (eggplant).
(17) Pilocarpine pupil testing led to the correct diagnosis of pharmacologic pupillary dilation from an unexpected and unusual source of plant poisoning, Solanum dulcamara (blue nightshade).
(18) The principal adverse effects of black nightshade were decreased body-weight gain and feed consumption, which occurred during the first 3 days of the study in animals fed 32% seed.
(19) The results demonstrate that the gene contains elements that can be regulated in a wound-inducible, tissue-specific manner in nightshade plants.
Shade
Definition:
(n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
(n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
(n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
(n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
(n.) Shadow.
(n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
(n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
(n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
(n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
(v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
(v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
(v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
(v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
(v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
(v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
(2) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
(3) The shading of the optoelectronic system had a coefficient of variation (CV) of 1.42% for measurements in the center of the displayed area, but a CV of 3.55% for measurements over the whole monitor area.
(4) The observed clinical findings include scarring of the face and hands (83.7%), hyperpigmentation (65%), hypertrichosis (44.8%), pinched facies (40.1%), painless arthritis (70.2%), small hands (66.6%), sensory shading (60.6%), myotonia (37.9%), cogwheeling (41.9%), enlarged thyroid (34.9%), and enlarged liver (4.8%).
(5) The observers ranked three-dimensional shaded images higher than the other types, with three-dimensional volumetric images second and three-dimensional surface images ranked third.
(6) Would it best best to risk a Great Reform Bill (shades of 1832) - or would piecemeal reform be best, some wonder?
(7) Days and Nights in the Forest , which began as a comedy about Calcuttan gents on safari for aboriginal villagers, before shading into something almost too dark for my comprehension.
(8) From these data, three graphs are derived, including trends in age-standardised rates, age-specific rates centered on birth cohorts and maps plotted in different shades of grey to represent the surfaces defined by the matrix of various age-specific rates.
(9) He is wary of pretension, alive to all shades of irony.
(10) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
(11) Additionally, the silver staining properties of the Duracryl matrix result in proteins appearing as monochromatic shades of grey instead of red, brown and yellow, as is the case of conventional polyacrylamide matrices.
(12) Over 400 people and 100 boats were stranded in temperatures of about 40C, with little shade.
(13) On one side of the road stands an orderly row of RDP houses, their gable ends neatly rendered in pastel shades of peach and tangerine.
(14) Data received was converted to Munsell notation for evaluation of the dimensions of color, i.e., Hue, Chroma, and Value, as related to (1) shade differences, (2) thickness of porcelain, and (3) numbers of firings.
(15) Dik-dik antelopes lost about 50% more heat evaporatively when exposed to the sun compared to the shade at an ambient temperature (Ta) of 28 degrees C or a Ta of 40 degrees C in a climatic chamber.
(16) OK, so it wouldn't beat London's MeatLiquor in a fight, but it'd certainly knock seven shades out of Shake Shack and Five Guys with both hands tied behind its back.
(17) It’s not easy to kick well in frigid conditions – and the temperature before kickoff was just shade over 20F.
(18) Hoodies don't vote, they've realised it's pointless, that whoever gets elected will just be a different shade of the "we don't give a toss about you" party.
(19) Different segmentation techniques can be used, as well as shading algorithms that give greatly improved appearances.
(20) Meanwhile, the first images are emerging of what the Fifty Shades movie may actually look like, after Entertainment Weekly published a string of "character shots" , featuring actors Dakota Johnson and Dornan in their roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey respectively.