bittersweet nightshade

Questions about bittersweet nightshade

What does bittersweet nightshade mean?

bittersweet nightshade means "poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America".

What is another word for bittersweet nightshade?

Close synonyms include bittersweet, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bittersweet nightshade a common word?

bittersweet nightshade is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.