Solanum
- noun
- /səˈleɪnəm/
- Specialized
- Many species within Solanum are studied for their medicinal and agricultural value.
Examples
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Did you know that Solanum includes both potatoes and tomatoes?
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The common potato, known scientifically as Solanum tuberosum, is one of the world's major food crops.
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Eggplant belongs to the Solanum genus and is cultivated in many regions worldwide.
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The Solanum genus includes many important food crops.
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The Solanum plant is known for producing both potatoes and tomatoes.
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Many people enjoy cooking with Solanum vegetables like eggplant and peppers.
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The Solanum genus includes various species that thrive in diverse climates.
Synonyms
A group of plants that includes potato and eggplant in the nightshade family
Compounds
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A group of plants that includes potato and eggplant in the nightshade family
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A shrub from Australia with purple flowers and yellow egg-shaped fruit people can eat
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A prickly weed that lives many years with pale yellow flowers and yellow berries, often in fields and gardens
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A wild potato plant from South America used in breeding for disease resistance
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A hardy climbing bush from Chile that gardeners grow for its sweet-smelling blue-purple flowers
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A poisonous climbing plant with purple flowers and bright red berries, also called bittersweet nightshade
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A plant with silvery leaves, light blue or white flowers, and round berries sometimes used to curdle milk
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A plant that produces large glossy purple or white fruits called eggplant
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A small plant with white flowers and black berries that can be poisonous or sometimes edible
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A garden plant like black nightshade with small edible orange or black berries
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A small shrub with bright red or yellow cherry-like berries that are poisonous
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A prickly North American plant with yellow flowers called buffalobur
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A woody bush with soft hairy stems, silvery prickly branches, blue or white flowers, and bright red berries
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A climbing plant with many branches and white flowers grown in gardens
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A South American shrub or small tree grown for its bright flowers in tropical gardens
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A garden plant grown for its small edible orange or black berries
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A climbing plant with hooklike spines and large lilac-blue flowers
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A South American shrub or small tree grown for its flowers and leaves in tropical gardens, not a potato
Surface Forms
Etymology
Solanum comes from the old Latin name for 'nightshade', the plant family that includes the potato, tomato, and eggplant. So the name Solanum is used for the group of plants that includes those familiar foods.