Poison-berry (Noun)
Meaning
Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The plant was identified as poison-berry, its black berries looking enticing but potentially deadly to the unsuspecting forager.
- While out hiking, she spotted a poison-berry bush growing alongside the trail and carefully skirted around it.
- Poison-berry foliage had grown so thickly in the old lot that it blanketed the earth in a coarse mat of hairy leaves.
- Caution was necessary when eating wild blackberries, as some species, like the poison-berry plant, could be toxic.
- After learning about the dangers of poison-berry, he began making a point to educate friends about the risks of foraging for wild plants in the woods.