Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous plants, type of the order Solanaceæ, the nightshade family, and tribe Solaneæ
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato (
S. tuberosum ), the eggplant (S. melongena , and several hundred other species; nightshade.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Solanaceae — manyplants such as thetomato ,potato ,aubergine and thenightshades ; most arepoisonous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
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Examples
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What is referred to as Solanum nigrum in this book may well be a complex of species and their various forms which can be termed the Solanum nigrum complex.
Chapter 7 1999
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Although cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) originated in Peru, the late blight fungus appears to have originated in the Toluca Valley of Mexico (just west of Mexico City) where it is found in several related wild-growing Solanum tubers.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incisis, racemis simplicibus, for example, became Solanum lycopersicum – that is, a tomato.
Kew Gardens: 'Plants are not just beautiful. They help us to survive' 2010
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Although cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) originated in Peru, the late blight fungus appears to have originated in the Toluca Valley of Mexico (just west of Mexico City) where it is found in several related wild-growing Solanum tubers.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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Unlike the husk tomato, the true tomato, a member of the Solanum family, originated in South America, though archeological evidence indicated that it was domesticated in Mexico and Central America.
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The desert raisin, a foot-high shrub with purple flowers and soft leaves, is actually a member of the tomato family, Solanum nemophilum.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Weighing the evidence for and dating of a Solanum virus outbreak in early Egypt, archaeologist Renee Friedman and her colleagues look at clues from the past and establish protocols for containing cases in the future
Uncanny Archaeology 2009
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The desert raisin, a foot-high shrub with purple flowers and soft leaves, is actually a member of the tomato family, Solanum nemophilum.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Additional species include the following: Thamnoseris-Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae); Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae) - Frankenia vidalii and Solanum brachyantherum (Solanaceae) - Lycapsus tenuifolius.
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These include Solanum brachyantherum, Eragrostis peruviana and Tetragonia macrocarpa.
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