Belladonna

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6 mentions 4 recordings first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4d ago ↑3 this week

Plant whose name means “beautiful woman,” used historically in cosmetics

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Suruthi BalaRedHanded · ShortHand: Deadly Beauty Practices · 5:16 · 4d ago
…The plant was named Belladonna, meaning beautiful woman after this practice.…
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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Strangest Stories in History You Won’t Believe Are Tru... · 1:41:32 · 19 Sep
…All of these horrors, the arsenic, the belladonna, the lead, share a certain old-fashioned quality.…
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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Strangest Stories in History You Won’t Believe Are Tru... · 1:35:26 · 19 Sep
…the method they used to achieve it was a plant extract from a species so notoriously toxic that its very name is a warning, the deadly nightshade known as Belladonna.…
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Eleanor NealeOutlore with Eleanor Neale · The Serial Killer Who Poisoned Their Tea: Graham Young · 12:22 · 6 Sep
…She had traces of belladonna in her system.…
Amber MinogueDo you really know? · What are the craziest beauty ‘standards’ in history? · 3:22 · 28 Aug
…During the Renaissance, noble women would drip Belladonna extract into……
Amber MinogueDo you really know? · What are the craziest beauty ‘standards’ in history? · 3:16 · 28 Aug
…There's even a plant whose name reflects this, Belladonna, which……
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