Solanum dulcamara

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Solanum dulcamara
    n 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
   1. Anything which is bittersweet.
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   2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
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   3. (Bot.)
      (a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
          ({Solanum dulcamara}); woody nightshade. The whole
          plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
          and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
          {dulcamara}.
      (b) An American woody climber ({Celastrus scandens}),
          whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
          disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
          called {Roxbury waxwork}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus
   bitter.] (Bot.)
   A plant ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See {Bittersweet}, n., 3
   (a) .
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dulcamarin \Dul`ca*ma"rin\, n. (Chem.)
   A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet ({Solanum
   Dulcamara}), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably
   occasions the compound taste. See {Bittersweet}, 3
   (a) .
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Felonwort \Fel"on*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   The bittersweet nightshade ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See
   {Bittersweet}.
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