TROMPILLO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

prairie berry; purple nightshade; silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium; trompillo; white horse nettle

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Nouns denoting plants

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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