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Woody nightshade   /wˈʊdi nˈaɪtʃˌeɪd/   Listen
Woody nightshade

noun
1.
Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America.  Synonyms: bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.






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"Woody nightshade" Quotes from Famous Books



... natural bower, under the overhanging growth of cedars, poplars, and birch, which were wreathed together by the flexile branches of the vine and bitter-sweet, which climbed to a height of fifteen feet [FN: Solatnum dulcamara,—Bitter-sweet or Woody nightshade. This plant, like the red-berried briony of England, is highly ornamental. It possesses powerful properties as a medicine, and is in high reputation among the Indians.] among the branches of the trees, which it covered as with a mantle. A pure ...
— Canadian Crusoes - A Tale of The Rice Lake Plains • Catharine Parr Traill



Words linked to "Woody nightshade" :   nightshade, Solanum, genus Solanum



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