"turkey berry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: turkey berries [plural]
Etymology: "From the fact that these berries are much eaten by turkeys." Head templates: {{en-noun}} turkey berry (plural turkey berries)
  1. The wild eggplant, Solanum torvum, a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Wikipedia link: turkey berry Categories (lifeform): Solanums

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