Hypertext Webster Gateway: "solanaceous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Solanaceous \Sol`a*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order
{Solanace[ae]}, of which the nightshade ({Solanum}) is the
type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry,
tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

solanaceous
adj : of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the
potato family)


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