solanum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of solanum
C16: from Latin: nightshade
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"She is not Aunt Marthe," she said slowly; "I suppose Louis would call it a case of the solanum and the potato blossom, but she is one of the Lord's plants all the same."
From A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black
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 Sir Samuel White Baker
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
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 Thomasina Ross
The cottages are whitewashed and garlanded with jasmine, solanum, the monthly rose.
From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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