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nightshade vs poison-berry

poison-berry vs nightshade

nightshade and poison-berry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nightshade Yes No No No
poison-berry Yes No No No
As nouns, poison-berry is a hyponym of nightshade; that is, poison-berry 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
  • poison-berry: Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
Other hyponyms of nightshade include kangaroo apple, poroporo, Solanum aviculare, ball nettle, ball nightshade, 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, poisonberry, Solanum nigrum, Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry, buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum.
nightshade (noun) poison-berry (noun)
any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
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