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nightshades

nightshades is the plural of nightshade.

Meaning of nightshade

Noun

nightshade (plural nightshades)

  1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
  2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
  3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
  4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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Questions about nightshades

What is nightshades the plural of?
Nightshades is the plural of nightshade.

Words near nightshades in the dictionary

  1. nightschools
  2. nightscope
  3. nightscopes
  4. nightsful
  5. nightshade
  6. nightshades
  7. nightshift
  8. nightshifter
  9. nightshifters
  10. nightshifts
  11. nightshining

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