trompillo

• Substantivo que designa uma planta daninha da família das solanáceas, com folhagem prateada e flores violetas, azuis ou brancas, cuja baga arredondada é amplamente usada para coalhar o leite, nativa da região central dos Estados Unidos até a América do Sul.

A noun referring to a weedy nightshade plant with silvery foliage and violet, blue, or white flowers, whose roundish berry is widely used to curdle milk, native from the central United States to South America.

1. Weedy nightshade plantC2formal

   A plant of the nightshade family with silvery foliage and violet, blue, or white flowers, whose roundish berry is widely used to curdle milk; native from the central United States to South America.

   Planta daninha da família das solanáceas

   • The trompillo plant is often found in dry, open areas across the Americas.
   • Farmers in some regions use the berry of the trompillo to make cheese.
   • The silvery leaves of the trompillo make it easy to identify in the wild.

   Sinônimossilver-leaved nightshade