HyperDic: horse_nettle

English > 1 sense of the expression *horse nettle*:
NOUN	plant	horse nettle, ball nettle, bull nettle, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense	coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit

English > *horse nettle*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States.
Synonyms	ball nettle, bull nettle, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense
Broader	nightshade	Any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum