solanum

British  

/ səʊˈleɪnəm /

noun

1. any tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant of the mainly tropical solanaceous genus Solanum: includes the potato, aubergine, and certain nightshades

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Etymology

Origin of solanum

C16: from Latin: nightshade

Example Sentences

And a new solanum, with spines the colour of gold.

From A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 by Twiss, Richard

I found on the low tract, between Burradorgang and our camp, a new curious species of solanum, so completely covered with yellow prickles that its flowers and leaves could scarcely be seen.**

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

Among the crops is a species of esculent solanum, with large orange-coloured berries; both the fruit and leaves are eaten by the natives.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

At Kalimpong there was a large and comfortable Dak bungalow, surrounded by a well-kept garden full of roses and scarlet hibiscus with a beautiful and large-flowered mauve solanum growing up the pillars on the verandah.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

Excellent blackberries and a very large and full-flavored black raspberry grow at Newera Ellia; likewise the Cape gooseberry, which is of the genus "solanum."

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir