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Definition of Silver-leaved nightshade
1. Noun. Weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America.
Generic synonyms: Nightshade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver-leaved Nightshade
Literary usage of Silver-leaved nightshade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Silver- leaved Nightshade. Fig. 3720. 5. elaeagnifolium Cav. Icon. 3 : 22. pi.
243. 1794. Perennial, densely and finely stellate-pubescent, ..."
2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Other English names: Prickly Nightshade, silver-leaved nightshade, Blue-top,
Trompillo. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds and by rootstocks. ..."
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