woody nightshade
noun
Origin of woody nightshade
1First recorded in 1570–80
Words Nearby woody nightshade
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How to use woody nightshade in a sentence
woody nightshade grows in quantities along this road and, apparently, all about the outskirts of the town.
Nature Near London | Richard JefferiesThen a hedgerow with woody nightshade and long blue vetch; then the green night of a little wood.
Doctor Cupid | Rhoda Broughton
British Dictionary definitions for 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 called: bittersweet
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