Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Solanum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Solanum \So*la"num\, n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({S. tuberosum}),
the eggplant ({S. melongena}, and several hundred other
species; nightshade.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Solanum
n : type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
bittersweet [syn: {Solanum}, {genus Solanum}]
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