English Explanatory Dictionary

turkey berry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wild eggplant (Solanum torvum), a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant.
  2. A South African plant of genus Canthium.

Word forms

turkey berry turkey berries

Etymology

Sense 1: "From the fact that these berries are much eaten by turkeys."

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