nightshade vs ball nightshade

ball nightshade vs nightshade

nightshade and ball nightshade both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nightshade	Yes	No	No	No
ball nightshade	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ball nightshade is a hyponym of nightshade; that is, ball nightshade is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nightshade:

nightshade: any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
ball nightshade: coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

Other hyponyms of nightshade include kangaroo apple, poroporo, Solanum aviculare, ball nettle, bull nettle, horse nettle, Solanum carolinense, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, trompillo, white horse nettle, African holly, Solanum giganteum, black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry, Solanum nigrum, Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry, buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum.

nightshade (noun)	ball nightshade (noun)
any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit	coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

Difference between nightshade and ball nightshade

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