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Solanum jamesii

Solanum jamesii

9.9
A plant that lives for several years and makes small potato-like tubers in dry, rocky soil
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Solanum jamesii
  • Native peoples once cultivated Solanum jamesii for its edible tubers in the Southwest.

Examples

  • The Solanum jamesii plant thrives in dry, rocky soils of New Mexico and Arizona.

  • Several researchers study Solanum jamesii for its resilience to drought conditions.

  • The Solanum jamesii is often found in arid regions.

  • Farmers in New Mexico cultivate Solanum jamesii for its unique tubers.

  • Native peoples once cultivated Solanum jamesii for its edible tubers in the Southwest.

  • Farmers in New Mexico cultivate Solanum jamesii for its unique tubers.

  • The Solanum jamesii plant thrives in dry, rocky soils of New Mexico and Arizona.

Synonyms

wild potato
vsSolanum jamesii
  • US
7.1

A plant that grows every year in dry parts of southwestern US and Mexico and has small tubers like potatoes

is the exact formal name used in scientific naming

Surface Forms

Solanum jamesii main

Morphology

Solanum + jamesii

This is a Latin binomial (a fixed scientific name) serving as a label for a particular species; its specific sense (a perennial plant with small tubers) is not compositionally derived from the constituents. Knowing 'Solanum' as a genus label and an unfamiliar epithet like 'jamesii' does not let a B1 learner infer the species' traits or everyday meaning, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Solanum jamesii may get its name from the plant group Solanum and the second word jamesii, which was 'named after' a person called James. Its small, potato-like tubers were once eaten by native people, so the name now brings to mind this hardy, edible plant of the American Southwest.