What does "poison-berry" mean?

Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible

What is a synonym for "poison-berry"?

Common synonyms include: black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, solanum nigrum.

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Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible wordnet

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black nightshade common nightshade poisonberry solanum nigrum

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