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TROMPILLO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trompillo mean?
• TROMPILLO (noun)
The noun TROMPILLO has 1 sense:
1. weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
Familiarity information: TROMPILLO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
prairie berry; purple nightshade; silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium; trompillo; white horse nettle
Hypernyms ("trompillo" 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)
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