woody nightshade

noun

1. bittersweet ( def 3 ).

woody nightshade

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of woody nightshade¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Woody nightshade grows in quantities along this road and, apparently, all about the outskirts of the town.

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Then a hedgerow with woody nightshade and long blue vetch; then the green night of a little wood.

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