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woody nightshade

wood·y night·shade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [woo d-ee nahyt-sheyd]
    • /ˈwʊd i ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/
    • /ˈwʊd.i ˌded.liˈnaɪt.ʃeɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [woo d-ee nahyt-sheyd]
    • /ˈwʊd i ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd/

Definitions of woody nightshade words

  • noun woody nightshade bittersweet (def 3). 1
  • noun woody nightshade a scrambling woody Eurasian solanaceous plant, Solanum dulcamara, having purple flowers with recurved petals and a protruding cone of yellow anthers and producing poisonous red berry-like fruits 0
  • noun woody nightshade (herbalism) A shrubby plant, Solanum dulcamara. 0
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Origin of woody nightshade

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80

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Parts of speech for Woody nightshade

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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woody nightshade popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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