woody nightshade

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bittersweet (def. 3).

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Origin of woody nightshade

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby woody nightshade

woodworker, woodworking, woodworm, woody, woodyard, woody nightshade, woof, woofer, woofter, woo-hoo, Wookey Hole

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They then put forth new leaves and flowers, and after sixteen or eighteen months they become slightly woody.
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This is largely due to the fact that plant cells have woody walls that the digestive juices cannot act upon.
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British Dictionary definitions for woody nightshade

woody nightshade

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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 fruitsAlso called: bittersweet

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