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Definition of Poison-berry
1. Noun. Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible.
Generic synonyms: Nightshade
Specialized synonyms: Garden Huckleberry, Solanum Burbankii, Solanum Melanocerasum, Solanum Nigrum Guineese, Sunberry, Wonderberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poison-berry
Literary usage of Poison-berry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"588: "Butter-Bush of Northern Australia ; Willow-Tree of York Peninsula ; Native
Willow, poison-berry Tree (South Australia). The berries are not poisonous ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"poison-berry Tree, ti. ... 588: "Butter-Bush of Northern Australia ; Willow-Tree
of York Peninsula; Native Willow, poison-berry Tree (South Australia). ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"poison-berry, sl>. an ill-natured or malicious woman. ... Old poison-berry' is
a term applied to a woman who slanders or speaks ill of her neighbours. ..."
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