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Noun (1 meaning)
1. any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit.
nightshade is a type of:
- woody plant, ligneous plant (noun) - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
types of nightshade:
- African holly, Solanum giganteum (noun) - woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
- Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum (noun) - small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
- bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara (noun) - poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries
- black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison-berry, Solanum nigrum (noun) - Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
- buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum (noun) - North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
- horse nettle, ball nettle, bull nettle, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense (noun) - coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit
- kangaroo apple, poroporo, Solanum aviculare (noun) - Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
- trompillo, white horse nettle, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, silver-leaved nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, Solanum elaeagnifolium (noun) - weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers
nightshade is a member of:
- Solanum, genus Solanum (noun) - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade