Poisonous Plants Look Like Safe Ones — VOA Learning English

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report.

Actor Alicia Silverstone worried fans on social media recently. While on a trip to England, she posted a TikTok video of herself tasting a poisonous berry she found along a sidewalk.

Silverstone, who appeared in the 1995 movie Clueless, said she thought the fruit was a tomato. But when she bit into it and found that it had an unusual taste, she realized that it was not the common food.

Plant expert, Jessica Damiano, recently wrote about poisonous plants that look like common foods for the Associated Press.

She said the fruit that looked like a tomato appears to have been a Jerusalem cherry.

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Jessica Damiano reported this story for The Associated Press from New York City. Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/poisonous-plants-look-like-safe-ones/7783729.html

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