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black nightshade

noun

  1. a common weed, Solanum nigrum, of the nightshade family, having poisonous leaves, white flowers, and black edible berries.


black nightshade

noun

  1. a poisonous solanaceous plant, Solanum nigrum , a common weed in cultivated land, having small white flowers with backward-curved petals and black berry-like fruits
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Origin of black nightshade1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Relatives of the plant, including Solanum ptychanthum or black nightshade, and Solanum carolinense, or Carolina horsenettle, also produce toxic berries and are native to Arkansas.

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He grows mangoes, tomatoes, citrus, bananas and cucumbers, in addition to popular Kenyan indigenous vegetables such as the black nightshade.

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Nail-grimed, banana-bunch fingers clutching a spotted, notched knife, he fills his fibre sack with mustard leaves, dandelion, sorrel, and black nightshade.

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Six years later, Gbolo owns a 13-acre parcel and competes with Brown for customers who earlier this month harvested cassava and African black nightshade - to cook the leaves, avoiding the poison berries.

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The black nightshade has a variety with yellow berries, and the black color returns in the hybrid.

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