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CLIMBING NIGHTSHADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climbing nightshade mean? 

CLIMBING NIGHTSHADE (noun)
  The noun CLIMBING NIGHTSHADE has 1 sense:

1. poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CLIMBING NIGHTSHADE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLIMBING NIGHTSHADE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; deadly nightshade; poisonous nightshade; Solanum dulcamara; woody nightshade

Hypernyms ("climbing 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)

Holonyms ("climbing nightshade" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)


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