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nightshade

night·shade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nahyt-sheyd]
    • /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/
    • /ˌded.liˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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".

nightshade usage trend in Literature

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