HORSE NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse nettle mean? 

• HORSE NETTLE (noun)
  The noun HORSE NETTLE has 1 sense:

1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

  Familiarity information: HORSE NETTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE NETTLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ball nettle; ball nightshade; bull nettle; horse nettle; Solanum carolinense

Hypernyms ("horse nettle" is a kind of...):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)