solanum : Idioms & Phrases

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genus solanum

  • noun type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
    Solanum.
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solanum aviculare

  • noun Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
    poroporo; kangaroo apple.
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solanum burbankii

  • noun improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
    sunberry; garden huckleberry; Solanum melanocerasum; wonderberry; Solanum burbankii.
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solanum carolinense

  • noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
    horse nettle; bull nettle; ball nightshade; ball nettle.
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solanum commersonii

  • noun South American potato vine
    Uruguay potato; Uruguay potato vine.
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solanum crispum

  • noun hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
    potato tree.
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solanum dulcamara

  • noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
    bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; climbing nightshade; poisonous nightshade; woody nightshade; deadly nightshade.
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solanum elaeagnifolium

  • noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
    silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; white horse nettle.
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solanum giganteum

  • noun woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
    African holly.
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solanum jamesii

  • noun erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes
    wild potato.
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solanum jasmoides

  • noun copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
    potato vine.
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solanum macranthum

  • noun South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
    Solanum macranthum; Brazilian potato tree; potato tree.
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solanum melanocerasum

  • noun improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
    sunberry; garden huckleberry; Solanum melanocerasum; wonderberry; Solanum burbankii.
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solanum melongena

  • noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
    aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; brinjal; mad apple; garden egg.
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solanum nigrum

  • noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
    black nightshade; poisonberry; common nightshade; poison-berry.
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solanum nigrum guineese

  • noun improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
    sunberry; garden huckleberry; Solanum melanocerasum; wonderberry; Solanum burbankii.
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solanum pseudocapsicum

  • noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
    Madeira winter cherry; winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
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solanum quitoense

  • noun small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges
    naranjilla.
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solanum rostratum

  • noun North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
    buffalo bur.
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solanum tuberosum

  • noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
    white potato; white potato vine; potato.
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solanum wendlandii

  • noun vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
    giant potato creeper; potato vine.
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solanum wrightii

  • noun South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
    Solanum macranthum; Brazilian potato tree; potato tree.
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