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Solanum

Solanum

8.4
A group of flowering plants that includes potato and eggplant
  • noun
  • /səˈleɪnəm/
  • Specialized
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  • Many species within Solanum are studied for their medicinal and agricultural value.

Examples

  • Did you know that Solanum includes both potatoes and tomatoes?

  • The common potato, known scientifically as Solanum tuberosum, is one of the world's major food crops.

  • Eggplant belongs to the Solanum genus and is cultivated in many regions worldwide.

  • The Solanum genus includes many important food crops.

  • The Solanum plant is known for producing both potatoes and tomatoes.

  • Many people enjoy cooking with Solanum vegetables like eggplant and peppers.

  • The Solanum genus includes various species that thrive in diverse climates.

Synonyms

genus Solanum
vsSolanum
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8.1

A group of plants that includes potato and eggplant in the nightshade family

is the general botanical name for the same plants and also lists bittersweet

Compounds

genus Solanum
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8.1

A group of plants that includes potato and eggplant in the nightshade family

Solanum aviculare
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9.9

A shrub from Australia with purple flowers and yellow egg-shaped fruit people can eat

Solanum burbankii
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9.9

A garden plant with small edible orange or black berries

Solanum carolinense
  • Specialized
9.9

A prickly weed that lives many years with pale yellow flowers and yellow berries, often in fields and gardens

Solanum commersonii
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild potato plant from South America used in breeding for disease resistance

Solanum crispum
  • Specialized
9.9

A hardy climbing bush from Chile that gardeners grow for its sweet-smelling blue-purple flowers

Solanum dulcamara
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9.9

A poisonous climbing plant with purple flowers and bright red berries, also called bittersweet nightshade

9.9

A plant with silvery leaves, light blue or white flowers, and round berries sometimes used to curdle milk

Solanum melongena
  • Specialized
6.9

A plant that produces large glossy purple or white fruits called eggplant

Solanum nigrum
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9.9

A small plant with white flowers and black berries that can be poisonous or sometimes edible

9.9

A garden plant like black nightshade with small edible orange or black berries

9.9

A small shrub with bright red or yellow cherry-like berries that are poisonous

Solanum quitoense
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9.9

A small bush that has bright orange fruit like a small tomato

Solanum rostratum
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9.9

A prickly North American plant with yellow flowers called buffalobur

Solanum giganteum
  • Specialized
9.9

A woody bush with soft hairy stems, silvery prickly branches, blue or white flowers, and bright red berries

Solanum jasminoides
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9.6

A climbing plant with many branches and white flowers grown in gardens

Solanum macranthum
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9.9

A South American shrub or small tree grown for its bright flowers in tropical gardens

Solanum melanocerasum
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9.9

A garden plant grown for its small edible orange or black berries

Solanum tuberosum
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4.4

A plant that grows edible parts under the ground called potatoes

Solanum wendlandii
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9.9

A climbing plant with hooklike spines and large lilac-blue flowers

Solanum wrightii
  • Specialized
9.9

A South American shrub or small tree grown for its flowers and leaves in tropical gardens, not a potato

Surface Forms

Solanum singular
Solanums plural

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.