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turkey berry

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Etymology

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"From the fact that these berries are much eaten by turkeys."[1]

Noun

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turkey berry (plural turkey berries)

  1. A wild eggplant (Solanum torvum), a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant.

References

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  1. ^ Edinburgh Medical Journal (1868), page 404
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