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woody nightshade
woody nightshade
noun
- a scrambling woody Eurasian solanaceous plant, Solanum dulcamara, having purple flowers with recurved petals and a protruding cone of yellow anthers and producing poisonous red berry-like fruits Also calledbittersweet
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Word History and Origins
Origin of woody nightshade1
First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences
Woody nightshade grows in quantities along this road and, apparently, all about the outskirts of the town.
From Project Gutenberg
Then a hedgerow with woody nightshade and long blue vetch; then the green night of a little wood.
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