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Malabar nightshade

Malabar nightshade noun: basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.

malabar nightshade: basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable
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Noun

Malabar nightshade (usually uncountable, plural Malabar nightshades)

  1. (usually) Basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.
    Synonyms:
    Malabar climbing spinach, Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach, East Indian spinach, Surinam spinach, Chinese spinach, Malabar spinach, broad bologi, vine spinach, Vietnamese spinach

Malabar nightshade meaning in Tamil

Malabar nightshade in Tamil

போதகம், பசளை

Synonyms of Malabar nightshade

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Forms of Malabar nightshade

pluralMalabar nightshades

Questions about Malabar nightshade

What does Malabar nightshade mean?
Malabar nightshade means basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable.
What is Malabar nightshade in Tamil?
Malabar nightshade in Tamil is போதகம், பசளை. See Malabar nightshade meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Malabar nightshade?
Malabar nightshade is a noun.
What is the plural of Malabar nightshade?
The plural of Malabar nightshade is Malabar nightshades.

Words near Malabar nightshade in the dictionary

  1. Malabar gourd
  2. Malabar gourds
  3. Malabar Hill
  4. Malabar itch
  5. Malabar marking-nut tree
  6. Malabar nightshade
  7. Malabar nightshades
  8. Malabar nut
  9. Malabar nuts
  10. Malabar oil
  11. Malabar oils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Malabar nightshade (page history and authors); malabar nightshade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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