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

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

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

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

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

A species of solanum forming a very large bush was found this day in the scrub, also several interesting shrubs, and among them some fine specimens of that rare one, the Eucarya murrayana.

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