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Definition of Ball nettle
1. Noun. Coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States.
Exact synonyms: Ball Nightshade, Bull Nettle, Horse Nettle, Solanum Carolinense
Generic synonyms: Nightshade
Generic synonyms: Nightshade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ball Nettle
Literary usage of Ball nettle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Columbus Horticultural Society, Columbus, Ohio (1894)
"... used as a harmless green coloring for liquors and vinegars, and from the fallen
leaves in autumn a Nettle-red is prepared. The Roman Ball-nettle Urtica ..."
2. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"... an insect which has been reared in this country from the common horse nettle
or ball nettle (Solatium carol in en se), and under this name it was ..."
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