prickly nightshade

  • 61paradise flower — noun tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana • Syn: ↑pride of barbados, ↑flamboyant tree, ↑Caesalpinia pulcherrima, ↑Poinciana pulcherrima • Hypernyms: ↑flowering shrub …

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  • 62Solanum giganteum — noun woolly stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries • Syn: ↑African holly • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 63thorn — n. 1 a stiff sharp pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an Old English and Icelandic runic letter, = th. Phrases and idioms: on thorns continuously uneasy esp. in fear of being detected. thorn apple 1 a… …

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  • 64scarlet eggplant — noun : tomato eggplant * * * a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit. Also called tomato eggplant …

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  • 65da|tu|ra — «duh TYUR uh, TUR », noun. 1. any one of a group of coarse, bad smelling plants of the nightshade family, having funnel shaped flowers, prickly pods, and narcotic properties, such as the jimson weed; thorn apple. 2. the flower of one of these… …

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