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    PURPLE NIGHTSHADE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    prairie berry; purple nightshade; silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium; trompillo; white horse nettle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("purple nightshade" is a kind of...):

    nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)

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