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woody nightshade

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woody nightshade
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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 called bittersweet
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Noun1.woody nightshade - poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berrieswoody nightshade - poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, deadly nightshade
genus Solanum, Solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
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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Vetches and the first evening primroses of the year rose up among tangles of dog rose, woody nightshade and birdsfoot trefoil.
John Dempsey by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) ( most species of solanum are poisonous and this scrambling perennial is often found in hedgerows and on shingle beaches.
Summer safety by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
p Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara): Most species of solanum are poisonous and this scrambling perennial is often found in hedgerows and on shingle beaches, with oval leaves and purple flowers with yellow stamens, flowering from May to September.
Gardening: Is your garden safe by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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