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black nightshade

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
black- night-shade
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries, Solanum nigrum, of Europe.

noun

Other similar members of a group of closely-related species from the Solanum nigrum complex:

noun

Other similar members of a group of closely-related species from the Solanum nigrum complex:

Inflected Forms

black nightshades (plural)

Synonyms

common nightshade poisonberry poison-berry solanum nigrum

Questions

What does black nightshade mean?
A Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries, Solanum nigrum, of Europe.

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