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English noun: nightshade

1. nightshade (plant) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit


Broader (hypernym)ligneous plant, woody plant


Narrower (hyponym)African holly, ball nettle, ball nightshade, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, black nightshade, buffalo bur, bull nettle, climbing nightshade, common nightshade, deadly nightshade, horse nettle, Jerusalem cherry, kangaroo apple, Madeira winter cherry, poison-berry, poisonberry, poisonous nightshade, poroporo, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum aviculare, Solanum carolinense, Solanum dulcamara, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Solanum giganteum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum pseudocapsicum, Solanum rostratum, trompillo, white horse nettle, winter cherry, woody nightshade


Member meronymgenus Solanum, Solanum









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