poisonberry
Meanings
noun
- Informal name of various plants with poisonous berries, most commonly nightshades:
- The deadly nightshade.
- Bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
- Plants in the genus Cestrum: Cestrum nocturnum, Cestrum parqui.
- Any other berry of a plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, most of which are poisonous at least when unripe.
- Bluebead lily, Clintonia borealis.
- Pokeweed.
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Etymology
From poison + berry.
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