solanum

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun solanum has 1 sense

solanum(n = noun.plant) genus solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet;

is a kind of asterid dicot genus

is a member of family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

solanum, n. [L., nightshade.].

A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade. [1913 Webster]