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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 America

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

Dictionary entry details

• WHITE HORSE NETTLE (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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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