nightshade vegetable
- noun
- /ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd ˈvɛdʒtəbl/
- Specialized
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vegetal de la familia de las solanáceas
- After learning about my sensitivity, I decided to avoid nightshade vegetables from my diet.
And today's subject is nightshade vegetables.
- And today's subject is nightshade vegetables.
- Sometimes nightshade vegetables will contribute to arthritis symptoms as well.
Examples
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Some individuals may have allergies to nightshade vegetables like eggplants and potatoes.
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I finally did an elimination diet and realized that a high raw diet combined with probiotics and avoiding nightshade vegetables made a huge difference.
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Sometimes nightshade vegetables will contribute to arthritis symptoms as well.
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Many people enjoy cooking with nightshade vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines 'nightshade' (a group of plants) with 'vegetable' (an edible plant), so its meaning — vegetables belonging to the nightshade family — is directly derivable from the constituents. Although 'nightshade' can imply poisonous plants, the modifier 'vegetable' clarifies edible members, making the overall sense immediately clear to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Nightshade vegetable comes from the name of a poisonous plant called nightshade, which is well known in old stories. Because tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants are in the same plant group, people began to call these foods 'nightshades'. So nightshade vegetables means edible plants related to the poisonous nightshade, which is why some people may react to them.
