Noun
nightshade -
any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
ligneous plant ,
woody plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
genus solanum ,
solanum type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
kangaroo apple ,
poroporo ,
solanum aviculare Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
ball nettle ,
ball nightshade ,
bull nettle ,
horse nettle ,
solanum carolinense coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
bittersweet nightshade ,
climbing nightshade ,
poisonous nightshade ,
solanum dulcamara ,
woody nightshade ,
bittersweet ,
deadly nightshade twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
prairie berry ,
purple nightshade ,
silver-leaved nettle ,
silver-leaved nightshade ,
silverleaf nightshade ,
solanum elaeagnifolium ,
trompillo ,
white horse nettle weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
african holly ,
solanum giganteum woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
black nightshade ,
common nightshade ,
poison-berry ,
poisonberry ,
solanum nigrum Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
jerusalem cherry ,
madeira winter cherry ,
solanum pseudocapsicum ,
winter cherry small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
