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- [nahyt-sheyd]
- /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/
- /ˌded.liˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nahyt-sheyd]
- /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/
Definitions of nightshade word
- noun nightshade any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet. 1
- noun nightshade any of various other related plants, as the deadly nightshade. 1
- noun nightshade A plant related to the potato, typically having poisonous black or red berries. Several kinds of nightshade have been used in the production of herbal medicines. 1
- noun nightshade poisonous plant: belladonna 1
- noun nightshade any of various solanaceous plants, such as deadly nightshade, woody nightshade, and black nightshade 0
- noun nightshade any of a large genus (Solanum) of chiefly tropical plants of the nightshade family, with five-lobed leaves and flowers of various colors, including the black nightshade 0
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Origin of nightshade
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtscada. See night, shade
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Parts of speech for Nightshade
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nightshade popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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