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nightshade

The correct spelling is nightshade.

How to pronounce nightshade

noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/

Say it like: Nit-sha-de

The correct spelling is nightshade. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

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noun

  1. 1.Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
  2. 2.Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
  3. 3.Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
  4. 4.Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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