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

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

Hasselquist is of opinion that the wild-grapes mentioned by the prophet Isaiah must be the hoary night-shade, or solanum incanum, because it is common in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

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

It is chiefly characterized by an arborescent solanum, forty feet in height, the Urtica baccifera, and a new species of the genus Guettarda.*

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

The Egg-Plant, solanum melongena, or ovigerum, is a curiosity in the vegetable kingdom.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous