solanum

2 definitions found

solanum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants comprehending the potato (Solanum tuberosum
     ), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
     hundred other species; nightshade.
     [1913 Webster]

solanum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Solanum
      n 1: type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
           bittersweet [syn: Solanum, genus Solanum]