noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A historic heirloom shrub, Solanum retroflexum.
2. 2
   improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries wordnet
3. 3
   The dark blue-purple fruit of Solanum retroflexum, often combined with sugar in desserts.
4. 4
   The European black nightshade, Solanum nigrum.
5. 5
   The dark poisonous berry of Solanum nigrum.

Synonyms

All synonyms

wonderberrygarden huckleberrygarden huckleberrysolanum burbankiisolanum melanocerasumsolanum nigrum guineese

Etymology

From sun + berry.

Related phrases

european black nightshadesolanum nigrumsolanum retroflexum

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