black nightshade

noun

A Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries, Solanum nigrum, of Europe.

Similar
common nightshadepoisonberrypoison-berrySolanum nigrum
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Meanings

nounblack nightshade (plural black nightshades)

plural black nightshades

  1. A Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries, Solanum nigrum, of Europe.
  2. Other similar members of a group of closely-related species from the Solanum nigrum complex:
    1. Solanum americanum (American black nightshade) of much of North America
    2. Solanum ptychanthum (eastern black nightshade) of the Caribbean region.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounEurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible

Similar
common nightshadepoisonberrypoison-berrySolanum nigrum
Broader
nightshade
Also see
poisonberry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek στρύχνον
  • στρύχνον (strúkhnon)Solanum nigrum
Arabic مَغْد أَسْوَد, عِنَب الذِئْب
  • مَغْد أَسْوَد (maḡd ʔaswad)Solanum nigrum
  • عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)Solanum nigrum
  • عِنَب الثَعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)Solanum nigrum
Bengali কাকমাচি
  • কাকমাচি (kakmaci)Solanum nigrum
Bulgarian че́рно ку́чешко гро́зде
  • че́рно ку́чешко гро́зде (čérno kúčeško grózde)Solanum nigrum
Catalan cireretes
  • cireretesSolanum nigrum
Chinese Mandarin 龍葵 /龙葵
  • 龍葵 /龙葵 (lóngkuí)Solanum nigrum
Dutch zwarte nachtschade
  • zwarte nachtschadeSolanum nigrum
Finnish mustakoiso
  • mustakoisoSolanum nigrum
French morelle noire
  • morelle noireSolanum nigrum
German Schwarze Nachtschatten
  • Schwarze NachtschattenSolanum nigrum
Hindi मकोय
  • मकोय (makoy)Solanum nigrum
Indonesian ranti, leunca
  • rantiSolanum nigrum
  • leuncaSolanum nigrum
Japanese イヌホオズキ
  • イヌホオズキ (inu hōzuki)Solanum nigrum
Korean 까마중
  • 까마중 (kkamajung)Solanum nigrum
Māori raupeti, remuroa
  • raupetiSolanum nigrum
  • remuroaSolanum nigrum
Polish psianka czarna
  • psianka czarnaSolanum nigrum
Punjabi ਮਕੋ
  • ਮਕੋ (mako)Solanum nigrum
Russian паслён чёрный
  • паслён чёрный (pasljón čórnyj)Solanum nigrum
Spanish hierba mora
  • hierba moraSolanum nigrum
Swahili mnavu, mnafu
  • mnavuSolanum nigrum
  • mnafuSolanum nigrum
Tagalog lubi-lubi
  • lubi-lubiSolanum nigrum
Tamil மணித்தக்காளி
  • மணித்தக்காளி (maṇittakkāḷi)Solanum nigrum
Turkish it üzümü
  • it üzümüSolanum nigrum
Welsh codwarth du
  • codwarth duSolanum nigrum
Cite this entry
APA

black nightshade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20nightshade

MLA

“black nightshade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20nightshade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black nightshade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20nightshade.

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