how to pronounce nightshade

/ˈnaɪtʃɛɪd/

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nightshade is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of nightshade in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… belladonna deadly nightshade a native …”

meanings of nightshade

noun:

Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

nightshade frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word nightshade occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics nightshade can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that nightshade can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;