solanum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of solanum
C16: from Latin: nightshade
Example Sentences
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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
The cottages are whitewashed and garlanded with jasmine, solanum, the monthly rose.
From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
And a new solanum, with spines the colour of gold.
From A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 by Twiss, Richard
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
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
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