Solanum Carolinense (Noun)
Meaning
Coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Solanum carolinense is a common weed found in many parts of the southern and eastern United States.
- The farmer spent hours trying to eradicate the solanum carolinense that had taken over his fields.
- Solanum carolinense is often mistaken for a harmless plant, but its berries are actually toxic to humans and animals.
- The solanum carolinense that grew along the roadside was a nuisance to the local residents, who had to constantly trim it back.
- Despite its prickly exterior, solanum carolinense has been used in traditional medicine for centuries to treat a variety of ailments.