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