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Noun: poisonberry
  1. Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
    "poisonberry grows as a weed in the vegetable garden";
    - black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, Solanum nigrum

Derived forms: poison-berries, poisonberries

Type of: nightshade

Encyclopedia: Poisonberry