White Bead (Noun)
Meaning
North American herb with white poisonous berries.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The deadly nightshade, also known as bittersweet, contains shiny black poisonous berries, whereas the American nightshade contains the white bead or the white poisonous berry.
- On close inspection, I noticed small, round clusters of white bead against the nightshade's dark green leaves.
- European black nightshade berries are similar to American nightshade berries, or the white bead that grows on its vine.
- Dark green elliptical leaves grow next to clusters that will eventually grow small white beads as they mature.
- Its clusters have distinctive white bead or berry among leaves during some summer periods in warmer US climate zones.