beladono

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /belaˈdono/ Rhymes: -ono Syllabification: be‧la‧do‧no === Noun === beladono (accusative singular beladonon, plural beladonoj, accusative plural beladonojn) deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna)