red nightshade

noun

A plant of species Solanum villosum.

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Meanings

nounred nightshade (plural red nightshades)

plural red nightshades

  1. A plant of species Solanum villosum.

    Synonyms: hairy nightshade, woolly nightshade, yellow nightshade

  2. A plant of species Phytolacca americana syn. Phytolacca decandra.

    Synonyms: American pokeweed, American nightshade, poke, pokeberry, pokeroot, American pokeweed, Virginian poke, great Virginian red-weed

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant of species Solanum villosum.

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hairy nightshadewoolly nightshadeyellow nightshade

nounA plant of species Phytolacca americana syn. Phytolacca decandra.

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Also see
hairy nightshadewoolly nightshadeyellow nightshade
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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