'Woody nightshade' definitions:
Definition of 'woody nightshade'
From: WordNet
noun
Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America [syn: bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara]
Definition of 'Woody nightshade'
From: GCIDE
- Woody \Wood"y\, a.
- 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] "Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Woody fiber. (Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. --Goodale.
- Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a) .
- Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum; -- called also wooden pear. [1913 Webster]