woody nightshade


noun

Origin of woody nightshade

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby woody nightshade

British Dictionary definitions for woody nightshade

woody nightshade

noun

a scrambling woody Eurasian solanaceous plant, Solanum dulcamara, having purple flowers with recurved petals and a protruding cone of yellow anthers and producing poisonous red berry-like fruits Also called: bittersweet