SOLANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solanum mean? 

• SOLANUM (noun)
  The noun SOLANUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet

  Familiarity information: SOLANUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLANUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Solanum; Solanum

Hypernyms ("Solanum" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Solanum"):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)

potato tree; Solanum crispum (hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato)

Solanum commersonii; Uruguay potato; Uruguay potato vine (South American potato vine)

bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; deadly nightshade; poisonous nightshade; Solanum dulcamara; woody nightshade (poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America)

Solanum jamesii; wild potato (erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes)

potato vine; Solanum jasmoides (copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue)

aubergine; brinjal; eggplant; eggplant bush; garden egg; mad apple; Solanum melongena (hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable)

naranjilla; Solanum quitoense (small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges)

potato; Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine (annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous)

giant potato creeper; potato vine; Solanum wendlandii (vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers)

Brazilian potato tree; potato tree; Solanum macranthum; Solanum wrightii (South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato)

Holonyms ("Solanum" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)

 Context examples 

The rare version of TomLoxC was found in only 2 percent of older or heirloom cultivated large tomato varieties, although the version was present in 91 percent of currant-sized wild tomatoes, primarily Solanum pimpinellifolium, the wild predecessor of the cultivated tomato.

(Tomato Pan-Genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier, Agricultural Research Service)