Solanum


Definition: Meaning of, Solanum in English to English dictionary.

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  1. type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; aubergine; bittersweet
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Solanum used in phrases

  • Solanum aviculare (noun)
    1. australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
  • Solanum burbankii (noun)
    1. improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
  • Solanum carolinense (noun)
    1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
  • Solanum commersonii (noun)
    1. south American potato vine
  • Solanum crispum (noun)
    1. hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
  • Solanum dulcamara (noun)
    1. poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium (noun)
    1. weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet, blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  • Solanum giganteum (noun)
    1. woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
  • Solanum jamesii (noun)
    1. erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-coloured tubers resembling potatoes
  • Solanum jasmoides (noun)
    1. copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
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