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WHITE HORSE NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white horse nettle mean? 

WHITE HORSE NETTLE (noun)
  The noun WHITE HORSE NETTLE 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 Americaplay

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


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WHITE HORSE NETTLE (noun)


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 ("white 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)


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